Dozens of Russian rockets have collided with cities across Ukraine as Vladimir Putin ramped up his aggression on civilian infrastructure.
Vitali Klitschko, the mayor of Kyiv, said parts of the city were without power as witnesses reported at least five explosions across the capital.
Rockets also hit the cities of Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro and the Cherkasy area, in central Ukraine.
The Ukraine military claimed that Russian strategic bombers had fired more than 50 cruise missiles at the country and 44 of them were shot down.
It comes two days after Russia’s Black Sea fleet was damaged by explosive-laden drones in an attack blamed on Ukraine.
Kyiv region Gov. Oleksii Kuleba also said that one person was injured and a number of homes were damaged.
In Kharkiv, two strikes struck critical infrastructure facilities, according to the authorities, and the subway stopped working.
Officials also warned about potential power outages in the city of Zaporizhzhia resulting from the strikes there.
According to local authorities, critical infrastructure objects were also hit in the Cherkasy area southeast of Kyiv, and the explosions were reported in other parts of Ukraine. In the Kirovohrad region of central Ukraine, the energy facility was hit.
According to regional Gov. Serhii Borzov, in Vinnytsia, a rocket that was shot down landed on civilian buildings, resulting in damage but no deaths.
Some parts of Ukrainian railways were also cut off from power, the Ukrainian Railways reported.
Russia has been targeting civilian infrastructure including electricity and water supplies in an obvious attempt to freeze Ukrainians in their homes as winter hits.
Encountering setbacks on the battlefield, Moscow appears to be targeting civilians to break their will to continue the fight. Such attacks are war offences, under international law.
It comes after a weekend in which Russia accused Ukraine of a drone attack on its Black Sea fleet.
Moscow has since removed its support for ships taking grain out of Ukraine’s ports and into world markets, saying it could no longer ensure their safety.
Dmytro Kuleba, the Ukrainian foreign minister, added that another batch of Russian rockets strikes Ukraine’s critical infrastructure.
He said that instead of fighting on the battlefield, Russia fights civilians, and said that they shouldn’t justify these attacks by calling them a response. Russia does this because it still has the rockets and the will to destroy Ukrainians.
It’s evident Russia can’t match Ukraine in close combat, so they had to fire rockets from afar, but you can’t win a war if you can’t fight in close combat, and bombing cities makes no strategic contribution to the war for Russia but merely solidifies the will of the defenders and those who support them. Has Vladimir Putin learnt nothing from 20th-century history?
Russia is in the last throes of despair, committing as many war crimes as they can, and now the average life span of a Russian mobilised soldier is two weeks, and now they’re bringing WW2 weapons out of storage and begging Iran for military support. Vladimir Putin is the most destructive terrorist beyond compare and he deserves a humiliating end.
Vladimir Putin is following in Hitler’s footsteps, and I’m shocked that the Russians don’t see it as well, and plus he’s obviously targeting the civilian population with his filthy Russian tactics.
Russia will never recuperate from this, and although Russia has an impressive history, one man just annihilated a nation with his tiny pecker.
Vladimir Putin has run out of power, this is why you’re seeing him come out in small bursts and then he’s buying from other rogue regimes like Iran and North Korea, all so that he can puff out his little chest and have a good news day.
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