“Any massive Russian attack requires time to prepare. It is never a spontaneous decision,” he said.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry reported that Russia launched 78 missiles and 106 drones, of which 113 were shot down. However, Zelenski stated that “electricity supply interruptions were recorded in several regions.”
“The target is our energy infrastructure. They are still trying to achieve total darkness in Ukraine,” he added.
Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko said on Facebook that the transmission system operator had taken “necessary consumption restriction measures to minimize negative consequences for the energy system.”
Referring to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiha said on Platform X:
“This Christmas terror is Putin’s answer to those who spoke of an illusory ‘Christmas truce.'”
In the days before Christmas, Orbán advocated a truce between Russia and Ukraine, which Zelensky rejected at a summit of EU leaders he attended on December 19.
According to media reports, half a million people in the devastated Kharkiv region were left without heating, while interruptions in electricity supply were recorded in Kyiv.
In 2023, Ukraine changed the date of Christmas from January 7 – the date celebrated by the Russian Orthodox Church – to December 25 in order to distance itself from Russian religious and cultural influence.
“Russian evil will not break Ukraine or spoil Christmas,” concluded Zelensky.
(Vijesti.ba)
