“The targets are our vitality infrastructure. They proceed to struggle for a blackout in Ukraine,” Zelenskyy added.
Ukrainian vitality minister German Galushchenko mentioned on Facebook that the transmission system operator took “the required consumption restriction measures to attenuate the adverse penalties for the vitality system.”
Taking a dig at Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Ukrainian international minister Andrei Sybiha mentioned on X that “this Christmas terror is Putin’s response to those that spoke about illusionary ‘Christmas ceasefire.’” In days main as much as Christmas, Orbán had campaigned for a cease-fire between Russia and Ukraine, which Zelenskyy dismissed throughout an EU leaders summit he attended on Dec. 19.
Half one million folks within the ravaged Kharkiv area had been left with out heating, whereas there have been blackouts in Kyiv, in accordance with media studies.
Ukraine in 2023 modified the date for Christmas from Jan. 7 — the date noticed by the Russian Orthodox Church — to Dec. 25 as a way of stepping away from Russia’s spiritual and cultural affect.
“Russian evil won’t break Ukraine and won’t spoil Christmas,” Zelenskyy concluded.
