Nearly 100 missiles: Russia carried out a “massive” attack on Ukraine on Friday December 13. According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, 93 missiles were fired at the country, “including at least one from North Korea.” “A total of 81 missiles were shot down, including eleven shot down by F-16 fighters” that Ukraine finally began receiving this year from its Western allies, he said on X.
These particularly targeted Ukraine’s energy installations. Russia regularly bombs these infrastructures, causing power outages across the country in the middle of the winter season.
“The enemy continues with terror. Once again, the energy sector across Ukraine is the target of a massive attack,” the Ukrainian Energy Ministry said. “Energy engineers are taking all necessary measures to minimize the negative consequences for the energy system,” he added, specifying that the extent of the damage will be established once the air alert, still in progress, has been resolved. lifted.
For almost three years, Russia has been bombarding Ukrainian energy facilities with missiles and drones, particularly as winter approaches and in winter, causing power shortages and plunging millions of people into darkness and cold. Ukrainians.
Ukraine is demanding that its Western allies provide it with more air defense assets to protect its cities and infrastructure. Friday morning, Foreign Minister Andriï Sybiga once again renewed this call, while kyiv regularly criticizes its allies for the slowness and timidity of their aid.
“Russia seeks to deprive us of energy. And we must deprive it of the means to (spread) its terror. I repeat my call for the urgent delivery of 20 air defense systems, NASAMS, HAWK and IRIS-T” , he wrote on X.