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Russia's strike series targeting Ukrainian energy facilities is part of a broader campaign aimed at freezing out Ukraine in Winter 2024-2025 and compelling Ukraine and the West to self-deter into making policy decisions that benefit Russia."
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The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) claimed that Russian forces conducted the 12-13 December strike in retribution for a Ukrainian strike against Taganrog, Rostov Oblast on 11 December using Western-provided ATACMS, although Russian forces were likely planned to conduct such a strike regardless and are conveniently using the 11 December strike to justify ongoing Russian strikes against Ukrainian critical infrastructure."
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Putin takes it as permission to continue. Patriots are needed to shoot down these missiles and prove that terror will not achieve its goal."
Zelensky said if world leaders hesitate to react
We assess that the Oreshnik is not a game-changer on the battlefield, but rather just another attempt by Russia to terrorize Ukraine, which will fail."
Similarly, an official told Reuters earlier in the week
This year, this is already the twelfth mass attack on the Ukrainian energy industry and the ninth mass attack on the company's energy enterprises,
the company said in a post on Telegram, notingAnything can happen. Anything can happen. It's a very volatile situation,
Trump said of the war in UkraineThis is terrorizing millions of people,
Zelensky wrote in a Telegram post
As Ukrainians wake to the coldest day of the winter so far, the enemy tries to break our spirit with this cynical terrorist attack,
DTEK's CEO Maxim Timchenko said
I reiterate my call for the urgent delivery of 20 NASAMS, HAWK, or IRIS-T air defense systems,
Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote in a post on X, responding to the attackChatter will not stop Putin – we need force that will lead to peace,
he saidA strong reaction from the world is needed: a massive strike – a massive reaction. This is the only way to stop terror,
Zelenskyy said
The enemy continues its terror. Once again, the energy sector across Ukraine is under massive attack,
Energy Minister German Galushchenko said
Russia aims to deprive us of energy. Instead, we must deprive it of the means of terror,
Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga said on social mediaEngineers are taking all the necessary measures to minimise the consequences,
he said after explosions were reported in a few regionsFrankly, we can think and work on Emmanuel (Macron)'s position".
Asked about the proposal on Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said
The United States is providing another significant package of urgently needed weapons and equipment to our Ukrainian partners as they defend against Russia's ongoing attacks,
Blinken said in a statement
A total of 81 missiles were shot down, 11 of which were cruise missiles intercepted by our F-16s,
he wrote on social media, calling for more Western air defenses and harsher sanctions on MoscowI disagree very vehemently with sending missiles hundreds of miles into Russia
In late November, Trump told Time
Fortunately, as of this moment, there is no information about casualties. However, due to the attack, there will be changes to the schedules of power outages. More details to follow,
Kozytskyi wroteThe international community must increase pressure on Russia for its deliberate attempts to create a radiation disaster on the continent,
the resolution said