The Ukrainian Air Force accused Russia of launching more than 180 missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into Ukraine on Christmas Day, December 25.
Ukraine accused Russia of launching 78 missiles and 106 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) 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 UAVs, and 52 others were "missing".
"Every major Russian attack takes time to prepare. It is never a spontaneous decision. It is a conscious choice not only of the target but also of the time and date," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. This is the second year Ukraine has celebrated Christmas on December 25.
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The city of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine was one of the worst hit by the ballistic missile attack, 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.
Rescuers from Ukraine's State Emergency Service extinguish a fire at a house in the city of Kharkiv after 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, "severely damaging equipment." The locations of the facilities were not disclosed.
The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed on December 25 that it had carried out a "massive attack" on what it said were key energy facilities supporting the activities of Ukraine's "military-industrial complex," according to Reuters. "The goal of the attack has been achieved. All facilities have been hit," the Russian Defense Ministry said.
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Ukraine launched UAVs into 5 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 several regions of Russia in the early hours of December 25, according to TASS news agency.
Of the UAVs intercepted and destroyed, 26 were in the Belgorod region, 23 in the Voronezh region, three in the Kursk region, three in the Bryansk region, three in the Tambov region and one in the Sea of Azov, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. The ministry did not mention casualties or damage.
Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on the Telegram messaging app on the afternoon of December 25 that in the previous 24 hours, the Ukrainian army had attacked 11 districts of Belgorod province with 55 UAVs and 44 shells, injuring one civilian, according to Reuters.
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Meanwhile, the Center for Strategic Communications of Ukraine announced on December 25 that the Ukrainian army attacked the command post of a brigade in the town of Lgov in Kursk province on the night of December 24 and early morning of December 25, according to the news site 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," Ukraine's Center for Strategic Communications said.
In addition, The Kyiv Independent quoted a source in the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) as saying that a Ukrainian long-range UAV had 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 the source, the ammunition depot was completely destroyed by a UAV operated by the SBU.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Rossiya-1 TV 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 of US 'final aid package' for Ukraine
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on December 25 that the final US aid package for Ukraine that the outgoing administration of President Joe Biden plans to announce soon will not be able to ensure Ukraine's security, according to TASS news agency.
"The Biden administration intended to announce the final aid package to Ukraine within the framework of the so-called Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. However, we understand that everything is exactly the opposite," Zakharova said at a press conference.
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Reuters previously reported that the Biden administration would soon announce a final $1.2 billion aid package for Ukraine, which would include artillery shells and surface-to-air missiles provided through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), which operates under the direction of the US Department of Defense.
In addition, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the Rossiya-1 TV channel's 60 Minutes program that Moscow has no illusions about the prospects of an easy resolution of the conflict in Ukraine.
"We have never stated that the incoming administration of [US President-elect Donald] Trump will necessarily start talks on global security, on Ukraine. It will not be inevitable, as many are hoping," Lavrov said.
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