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Russia launched an enormous missile and drone barrage concentrating on Ukraine’s power infrastructure on Wednesday, putting a thermal energy plant and prompting Ukrainians to take shelter in metro stations on Christmas morning.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated over 70 missiles, together with ballistic missiles, and over 100 assault drones have been used to strike Ukraine’s energy sources, in a press release on X. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha stated one Russian missile handed Moldovan and Romanian airspace.

“Putin deliberately chose Christmas for an attack. What could be more inhumane?” Zelenskyy said. “They continue to fight for a blackout in Ukraine.”

He stated Ukraine has managed to shoot down not less than 50 missiles and a major variety of drones.

Ukrainian power minister, Herman Halushchenko, stated Russia once more “massively attacks energy infrastructure,” in a Facebook statement. Ukraine’s Air Force alerted multiple missiles fired at Kharkiv, Dnipro, and Poltava regions east of the country.

“The (electricity) distribution system operator takes the necessary measures to limit consumption to minimize negative consequences for the power system,” he stated. “As soon as the security situation allows, energy workers will establish the damage caused.”

Ukraine’s largest personal power firm, DTEK, stated Russia struck one in every of their thermal energy vegetation Wednesday morning, making it the thirteenth assault on Ukraine’s energy grid this yr.

“Denying light and warmth to millions of peace-loving people as they celebrate Christmas is a depraved and evil act that must be answered,” Maxim Timchenko, CEO of DTEK wrote on his X account.

Ukrainian state power operator, Ukrenergo, utilized preemptive energy outages throughout the nation, as a result of a “massive missile attack,” resulting in electrical energy going out in a number of districts of the capital, Kyiv.

At least seven strikes focused Kharkiv sparking fires throughout town, regional head Oleh Syniehubov wrote on Telegram. At least three individuals have been injured, native authorities stated.

“Kharkiv is under massive missile fire. A series of explosions rang out in the city and there are still ballistic missiles flying in the direction of the city. Stay in safe places,” Kharkiv mayor Ihor Terekhov stated.