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Russia’s War on Ukraine

RUSSIA LAUNCHES MASSIVE MISSILE BARRAGE ACROSS UKRAINE

Ukrainian forces shot down 54 of the missiles.

Emergency workers remove debris of a house destroyed following a Russian missile
strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. | Roman Hrytsyna/AP Photo

By Associated Press

12/29/2022 09:13 AM EST

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Multiple regions of Ukraine, including its capital, faced a massive Russian
missile attack Thursday, the biggest wave of strikes in weeks targeting power
stations and other critical infrastructure during freezing weather.

Air raid sirens rang out across the country. Ukraine’s military chief, Gen.
Valerii Zaluzhnyi, said preliminary reports showed Russia fired 69 missiles at
energy facilities and Ukrainian forces shot down 54 of them. Several people were
wounded, although there were no immediate reports of any deaths.

Russia dispatched explosive drones to selected regions overnight before
broadening the barrage with “air and sea-based cruise missiles launched from
strategic aircraft and ships” in the morning, the Ukrainian air force said.

The widespread attack was the latest in a series of Russian strikes on power and
water supplies that have increased the Ukrainian population’s suffering. Moscow
has launched such attacks almost weekly since October while its ground forces
struggle to hold ground and advance.

On Thursday, air defense systems were activated in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, to
fend off strikes, according to the regional administration. Sounds of explosions
were heard in the city.

Biden tells Zelenskyy U.S. will provide Patriot missiles

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At least three people were wounded and hospitalized, including a 14-year- old
girl, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. He warned of power outages in the capital,
asking people to stockpile water and to charge their electronic devices.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba condemned Russia for launching the
missiles amid the winter holidays, calling it an act of “senseless barbarism.”

“There can be no ‘neutrality’ in the face of such mass war crimes. Pretending to
be ‘neutral’ equals taking Russia’s side,” Kuleba tweeted.

After more than 10 months of fighting, Russia and Ukraine are locked in a
grinding battle of attrition. The Ukrainian military has reclaimed swaths of
Russian-occupied territory in the country’s northeast and south, and continues
to resist persistent Russia attempts to seize all of the industrial Donbas
region in the east.

At the same time, Moscow has methodically targeted Ukrainian power facilities
and other key infrastructure in a bid to weaken the country’s resolve and force
it to negotiate on Russian terms. The time between strikes has increased in
recent weeks, though, leading some commentators to theorize Russia is trying to
ration its missile supply.

While the Ukrainian military reported success in shooting down incoming Russian
missiles and explosive drones after earlier attacks, some still reached their
targets. Most cities have gone without heat, internet service and electricity
for hours or days at a time.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said a number of energy facilities were
damaged during what he said was the 10th such large-scale attack on his country.

“Russia is trying to deprive Ukrainians of light before the New Year,” Shmyhal
wrote in a Telegram post. He said that emergency blackouts may be necessary “in
some areas.”

Anastasia, a medic who took shelter Thursday at a central Kyiv subway station
and gave only her first name, said she was tired of the war. “We don’t know how
long the war will last. It’s hard to be afraid every day and put your life on
hold,” she said.

Numerous explosions also took place in Kharkiv, which is located in eastern
Ukraine and the country’s second-largest city, and in the city of Lviv near the
border with Poland, according to their mayors.

About 90% of Lviv was without electricity, Mayor Andriy Sadovyi wrote on
Telegram. Trams and trolley buses were not working, and residents might
experience water interruptions, he said.

In a development that could further escalate tensions, a Telegram channel
affiliated with the presidential press service of Belarus said a Ukrainian S-300
air defense missile landed in Belarusian territory of Belarus early Thursday. It
said the missile could have veered off course accidentally and there were no
casualties.

The Belarusian Defense Ministry said later that the missile was downed by the
Belarusian air defense over the western Brest region and fell into a field,
according to a statement carried by the state Belta news agency.

Belarus served as a staging ground for Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, and
there are fears that Moscow’s close ally could try to find a pretext for joining
attacks against neighboring Ukraine.

The governor of Russia’s Saratov region, Roman Busargin, said Russian air
defenses downed an “unidentified object” near the city of Engels, home to a
Russian air base that serves as the main hub for nuclear-capable strategic
bombers that are engaged in launching missile strikes on Ukraine.

The Russian military said the Engels base was targeted by Ukrainian drones twice
this month, most recently on Monday. Russia’s Defense Ministry said three
servicemen were killed by fragments of a downed Ukrainian drone.

Ukrainian authorities have maintained ambiguity about attacks on Russian soil,
stopping short of claiming responsibility for them.

Earlier this month, the United States agreed to give a Patriot missile battery
to Ukraine to boost the country’s defense. The U.S. and other allies also
pledged to provide energy-related equipment to help Ukraine withstand the
attacks on its infrastructure.

Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said
Russia was aiming to “destroy critical infrastructure and kill civilians en
masse.”

“We’re waiting for further proposals from ‘peacekeepers’ about ‘peaceful
settlement,’ ‘security guarantees for RF’ and undesirability of provocations,”
Podolyak wrote on Twitter, a sarcastic reference to statements from some in the
West who urged Ukraine to seek a political settlement of the conflict.

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