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Russia launched a “massive attack” on Ukraine’s energy sector on 25 December.
NDTV World reports that Russian cruise and ballistic missiles also struck several residential areas in the Ukrainian cities of Kryvyi and Kharkiv. Several people were alleged to have been killed in the attacks.
Air raid sirens rang out over Ukraine on Wednesday morning, with the air force reporting that Russia launched Kalibr cruise missiles from the Black Sea.
Ukraine’s Minister of Energy German Galushchenko wrote on a social media platform that, “The enemy is again massively attacking the energy sector.
“The transmission system operator is taking the necessary measures to limit consumption to minimize the negative consequences for the energy system.”
A ballistic missile also struck an apartment building in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rhi on Tuesday killing one person and injuring 15. A man whose body had been pulled from under the rubble could not be revived by medics, regional governor Serhiy Lysak said.
The city of Kharkiv was not spared as it was pummelled by a “massive missile attack”, Mayor Igor Terekhov said on Wednesday morning.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, “Putin deliberately chose Christmas to attack. What could be more inhumane? More than 70 missiles, including ballistic missiles, and more than a hundred attack drones. The target is our energy system.”
Russia’s defence ministry on Wednesday said its forces had shot down 59 Ukrainian drones overnight while the Ukrainian Air Force reported the launch of Kalibr cruise missiles from the Black Sea, although it was not initially clear where they were headed.
