Ukraine was targeted by a new salvo of Russian missiles on Thursday (December 29th) as explosions were heard in several cities following fire from Ukraine’s anti-aircraft defense system, as reported said the Ukrainian authorities.
Ukraine denounces strikes massive » of more than 120 Russian missiles this Thursday, December 29 on several cities of the country, including the capital kyiv, according to the army and the Ukrainian presidency. ” The enemy attacks Ukraine on several fronts, with cruise missiles fired from planes and ships “, announced the Air Force on social networks.
” More than 120 missiles were launched to destroy critical civilian infrastructure and kill civilians en masse “, added the adviser to the Ukrainian presidency Mikhaïlo Podoliak on Twitter.
29.12.22. 120+ missiles over ?? launched by the “evil Russian world” to destroy critical infrastructure & kill civilians en masse. We’re waiting for further proposals from “peacekeepers” about “peaceful settlement”, “security guarantees for RF” & undesirability of provocations.
— Михайло Подоляк (@Podolyak_M) December 29, 2022
According to the mayor of kyiv, Vitaliy Klychko, the current toll is three wounded. ” Currently, three people have been injured, including a 14-year-old girl. All are hospitalized “, he wrote on Telegram. It asks citizens to stock up on water, electricity and also charge phones and external phone chargers to maximum.
According to our correspondent in kyiv, Stephane Siohan, the attack is still ongoing around the capital and two buildings have caught fire. It is debris from rockets that fell on houses, as confirmed by city firefighters.
Anti-aircraft sirens sounded across the country, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidency, Oleksi Arestovych, wrote on Facebook. Explosions were heard in Kyiv, Zhytomyr and Odessa, according to a Reuters correspondent and local media. Power cuts have been announced in the Odessa and Dnipropetrovsk regions, in order to minimize potential damage to strategic infrastructure.
Lviv cut off from electricity
Lviv, the major city in western Ukraine, was 90% without electricity this Thursday after new Russian bombardments on Ukrainian energy infrastructure in the middle of winter and a few days before the New Year.
” 90% of the city is without electricity (…) the trams and trolleybuses no longer run in the city, there could be water cuts “, indicated the mayor of Lviv, Andriy Sadovy, on the social network Telegram. The Kremlin had warned that there would be no New Year truce on the ground in Ukraine.
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(With agencies)