Russian attacks kill one person in Ukraine and damage energy infrastructure | News of the Russian-Ukrainian war

One person was killed in the city of Kherson in southern Ukraine, where Russian missiles caused significant damage to energy infrastructure.

Russian missiles killed at least one person and wounded three in southern Ukraine and damaged energy infrastructure. Defeat Ukraine.

The Kherson governor announced the casualties on Wednesday morning.

Local authorities and the Air Force also reported missile flights in the eastern, central, southern and western regions.

In northeastern Ukraine, at least six people were injured in a missile attack on the city of Kharkiv, according to what its governor, Oleh Sinyhopov, announced.

The Ukrainian Air Force said that the missiles fired at Kharkiv were ballistic.

Meanwhile, Dnipropetrovsk Governor Serhiy Lysak said Russia aims to create a power grid.

Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galoshenko said on Facebook that Russia was “intensively attacking the energy sector” and that the transmission system operator had restricted electricity supplies to minimize the impact.

DTEK, the country’s largest private energy company, said its generating facilities were attacked during the raid, causing severe damage to power equipment.

“This year, this is the 13th massive attack on the Ukrainian energy sector and the 10th massive attack on the company’s energy facilities,” DTEK said on Telegram.

Maxim Timchenko, CEO of DTEK, said on Channel X that Ukraine’s allies should give it more advanced air defenses to protect essential energy infrastructure.

Ongoing attacks on energy infrastructure

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Channel X that there were power outages in several regions as a result of Russian attacks.

Russia has intensified its attacks on the Ukrainian energy sector for months, destroying nearly half of its generating capacity.

Every massive Russian strike requires time to prepare. It is never a spontaneous decision. It is a deliberate choice – not only of goals, but also of timing and date.

Today, Putin deliberately chose Christmas to launch an attack. What could be more inhumane? More than 70 missiles… pic.twitter.com/GMD8rTomoX

— Volodymyr Zelensky / Volodymyr Zelensky (@ZelenskyyUa) December 25, 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to wreak “destruction” on Ukraine earlier this week afterward Ukrainian drones hit residential buildings In the Russian city of Kazan.

Ukraine has regularly appealed to its allies to provide more powerful air defense systems to thwart Russian attacks on the war-torn country’s energy system.

Washington last month It allowed Ukraine to use American products and long-range missiles against military targets inside Russia, sparking fiery rhetoric and pledges of revenge against Moscow.

In November, Russia launched nearly 200 missiles and drones targeting Ukraine’s power grid, with President Zelensky claiming that “cluster munitions” had been launched in what he called a “despicable escalation” nearly three years into the war.

Both sides Strives to gain the upper hand Before Donald Trump’s inauguration as President of the United States in January.

The Republican president-elect promised a quick end to the conflict, without proposing any concrete terms for a ceasefire or peace agreement.

Moscow’s army claims to have taken control of more than 190 Ukrainian settlements this year, while Kiev struggles to hold its line in the face of manpower and ammunition shortages.