“The enemy is attacking Ukraine on several fronts, with cruise missiles fired from planes and ships,” the Air Force announced on social media.
“More than 120 missiles were launched to destroy essential civilian infrastructure and kill civilians en masse,” added Ukrainian presidential adviser Mikhailo Podoliak on Twitter, without giving a toll of possible casualties.
At least three people were injured in kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, following the new salvo of strikes, said Mayor Vitali Klitchko. “At present, three people have been injured, including a 14-year-old girl. All are hospitalized,” he wrote on Telegram.
Lviv, the big city in western Ukraine, was 90% deprived of electricity on Thursday following these new Russian bombardments on Ukrainian energy infrastructure in the middle of winter. “90% of the city is without electricity (…) trams and trolleybuses no longer run in the city, there might be water cuts”, indicated the mayor of Lviv, Andriï Sadovy, on the social network Telegram.
Ukrainian anti-aircraft defenses managed to shoot down all 16 Russian missiles that targeted the capital kyiv on Thursday, the head of the city’s military administration assured.
“Sixteen missiles were spotted over kyiv, all 16 missiles were shot down,” Sergey Popko said on Telegram.
“Fragments of the downed missiles damaged three houses and a car in the Darnytsky district, an industrial enterprise in the Golossiivsky district and a playground in the Pechersky district. Three people were injured and hospitalized,” he nevertheless said. added.
The Kremlin had warned that there would be no New Year truce on the ground in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin justifies his military offensive once morest Ukraine, which has lasted for more than 10 months, at the cost of heavy losses, by asserting that the West was using Ukraine as a bridgehead to threaten the Russia.
