Russia continue to attack Kiev’s infrastructure
2023.01.02 04:40
Russia continue to attack Kiev’s infrastructure
Budrigannews.com – Officials said that as Russia extended its bombardment into the second day of 2023, waves of Russian drones targeted infrastructure in Ukraine’s capital and surrounding areas on Monday, damaging energy facilities and causing some power outages.
According to Ukraine’s air force, Russia’s 39 Iranian-made Shahed drones that targeted Ukraine overnight in what it described as a “massive attack” were destroyed by its air defense systems.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the president of Ukraine, said that Russia’s efforts would be pointless and praised the people for their gratitude to the troops and each other.
He said of the Russians, “Drones, missiles, and everything else will not help them.” because we are in agreement. Their only bond is fear.”
However, Russian President Vladimir Putin made it clear in a stern New Year’s speech that he would not back down from his assault on Ukraine.
Throughout the night, Ukraine’s air defense systems worked to stop approaching drones and alert communities to the approaching danger.
“It is loud in both the capital and the region: nighttime drone attacks,” Oleksiy Kuleba, Governor of Kyiv, stated.
“Russians sent off a few floods of Shahed drones. focusing on facilities of vital infrastructure. “Air defense is in action,” he stated on the messaging app Telegram.
Kyiv City chairman Vitali Klitschko said the strikes had taken out some power and warming.
On the Telegram messaging app, he stated, “The city has emergency power outages.”
Earlier, he stated that a drone’s debris, which struck a road and damaged a building in a northeastern part of the capital, injured one person.
The information could not be independently verified by Reuters.
By the early hours of Monday, nine Iranian-made drones over the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions had been destroyed by air defense systems, according to the regional military command in the east of Ukraine.
“Russia coldly and cowardly attacked Ukraine in the early hours of the New Year,” stated Bridget Brink, the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, on Twitter. However, Putin still does not appear to comprehend that Ukrainians are iron.”
Troops toasted the New Year on the cutting edge in Ukraine’s eastern territory of Donetsk. After 12 of his fellow soldiers were killed in a single night, one soldier, Pavlo Pryzhehodskiy, 27, played a song he had written on his guitar.
According to what he told Reuters, “It is sad that people were forced to seek shelter, and some were killed,” rather than meeting friends, celebrating, and giving gifts to one another.
“An immense misfortune can’t at any point be excused. As a result, the New Year is a sad one.”
Oleh Zahrodskiy, a 49-year-old soldier, said he had volunteered after his son was called up as a reservist in a nearby trench. While his father stands front and center, his brain-injured son is currently in the hospital fighting for his life.
He choked back tears as he said, “It is very tough now.”
Andrii Nebytov, the police chief of Kyiv, shared a picture on the Telegram app that showed what was thought to be a piece of a drone used in an attack on the capital, complete with a Russian handwritten sign that read “Happy New Year.”
Nebytov stated, “This wreckage is not at the front, where fierce battles are taking place, but here, on a sports grounds, where children play.”
Since Putin ordered his invasion in February, Russia has destroyed Ukrainian cities and killed thousands of civilians, claiming that Ukraine was a fake state whose pro-Western outlook threatened Russia’s security.
Since then, Russia has claimed to have annexed about a fifth of Ukraine, despite its denial that it targeted civilians.
Ukraine has retaliated with Western military help, driving Russian powers from the greater part the domain they seized. During the past few weeks, the front lines have been mostly still, and intense fighting has resulted in the deaths of thousands of soldiers.
Ukraine’s ability to fight, according to Russia, is diminished by its aerial strikes; According to Kyiv, they are intended to harm civilians, a war crime, and have no military purpose.
Instead of the usual backdrop of the Kremlin walls, Putin said in a New Year’s Eve speech to a group of people dressed in military uniform, “The main thing is the fate of Russia.”
“Guard of the country is our hallowed obligation to our precursors and relatives. Our side is moral and historical righteousness.”
The governor of Russia’s Bryansk region, which borders Ukraine, said on Monday that a Ukrainian drone attack caused damage to a power plant, but that there were no casualties.
Last week, Russia claimed that it had killed three members of its air force when it shot down a Ukrainian drone close to one of its long-range bomber bases deep inside its territory.
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