The Ukrainian Air Force accused Russia of launching more than 180 missiles and drones into Ukraine on Christmas Day, December 25.
Ukraine accused Russia of launching 78 missiles and 106 drones into Ukraine on December 25, according to The Kyiv Independent . The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have shot down 55 Kh-101/Kh-55/Kalibr cruise missiles, 4 Kh-59/Kh-69 missiles, as well as 54 drones, while 52 others went "missing".
"Every major Russian offensive requires time to prepare. It's never a spontaneous decision. It's a conscious choice, not only in terms of the target but also the timing and dates," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asserted. This is the second year Ukraine has celebrated Christmas on December 25th.
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The city of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine was one of the hardest hit by ballistic missiles, according to local authorities. Governor Oleh Syniehubov said at least six people were injured.
Explosions were also reported in the cities of Dnipro, Kremenchuk, Kryvyi Rih, and Ivano-Frankivsk.
Rescue workers from Ukraine's State Emergency Service extinguished a fire at a house in the city of Kharkiv following a suspected Russian drone attack on December 25.
Several cities in Ukraine imposed emergency power outages following the attack. Ukraine's largest private energy company, DTEK, accused Russia of attacking thermal power plants, "seriously damaging the equipment." The locations of these facilities were not disclosed.
The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed on December 25 that it had carried out a "massive attack" on what it considered to be critical energy facilities supporting Ukraine's "military-industrial complex," according to Reuters. "The objectives of the attack were achieved. All facilities were attacked," the Russian Defense Ministry stated.
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Did Ukraine launch drones into five Russian provinces?
The Russian Defense Ministry announced that its air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 59 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the skies over various regions of Russia in the early hours of December 25, according to TASS news agency.
Among the intercepted and destroyed drones were 26 in Belgorod province, 23 in Voronezh province, 3 in Kursk province, 3 in Bryansk province, 3 in Tambov province, and 1 in the Sea of Azov, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense. The ministry did not mention casualties or damage.
Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of Belgorod province, wrote on the Telegram messaging app on the afternoon of December 25 that in the previous 24 hours, Ukrainian troops had attacked 11 districts in Belgorod province with 55 drones and 44 missiles, injuring one civilian, according to Reuters.
Facing a severe troop shortage, Ukraine is deploying anti-aircraft soldiers as infantry.
Meanwhile, Ukraine's Strategic Media Center announced on December 25 that Ukrainian troops attacked the headquarters of a brigade in the town of Lgov in the Kursk province during the night of December 24 and early morning of December 25, according to The Kyiv Independent .
"This attack is part of a comprehensive campaign aimed at undermining the ability of the Russian Armed Forces to coordinate military operations against the Ukrainian people," the Ukrainian Center for Strategic Media stated.
Additionally, The Kyiv Independent , citing a source within the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), claims that Ukrainian long-range drones attacked an ammunition depot at the Kadamovsky military training ground in Russia's Rostov province in recent days.
The Kadamovsky training ground is one of the largest in Russia. According to sources, the ammunition depot was completely destroyed by UAVs operated by the SBU.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Rossiya-1 television channel on December 25 that "Kyiv's continued terrorist attacks on Russian soil will face an increasingly serious response," according to TASS.
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Russia warns against the US's "final aid package" for Ukraine.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on December 25 that the final US aid package for Ukraine, which the outgoing Joe Biden administration plans to announce soon, will not guarantee Ukraine's security, according to TASS news agency.
"The Biden administration intended to announce the final aid package for Ukraine under the so-called Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. However, we understand that the opposite is true," Zakharova said at a press conference.
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Reuters previously reported that the Biden administration would soon announce a final aid package worth $1.2 billion for Ukraine. This package will include artillery shells and surface-to-air missiles, provided through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), which operates under the direction of the U.S. Department of Defense.
Furthermore, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated on the Rossiya-1 television channel's 60 Minutes program that Moscow has no illusions about the prospect of the conflict in Ukraine being resolved easily.
"We have never stated that the incoming administration of [US President-elect Donald] Trump will necessarily have to start negotiations on global security, on Ukraine. That will not be inevitable, as many people are hoping," Lavrov said.
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