Russia This Friday, it attacked several objectives of the energy system of Ukraine in the west of the country with 93 missiles and about 200 dronesaccording to information published by local authorities and Ukrainian Telegram channels. The Russian offensive has been described by the Ukrainian president, Volodímir Zelenskias one of the most massive in the entire guerra against the energy system.
Among the objectives of this attack Infrastructures from the Lviv, Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk regions are included. In addition, DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private electricity company, has reported damage to one of its thermal plants, which have been a regular target in more than ten. According to Ukraine’s national electricity company, Ukrenergo, this attack will force increased rationing measures. electricitywhich involve scheduled power outages distributed by hours.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has indicated in a statement through Telegram that “in response to the use of American long-range missiles, the Russian Armed Forces launched a massive attack with long-range, high-precision maritime and land-based weapons.” The military note also includes that assault drones were used in the attack to hit “vital installations of the energy network that feed the enemy military industry.”
The use of ATACMS against Russia
The attack mentioned by Russia is the one that the Ukrainian Army carried out early last Wednesday against an airfield in the south of the country, using six ballistic missiles. ATACMS. Ukraine began to use this weaponry, provided by USAin mid-November, for use outside Ukrainian borders.
As a result of the Ukrainian offensive, which left no human victims but did cause material damage to vehicles and buildings in the area, Moscow He assured that there would be a response. “I want to remind you of the unequivocal statement of the Russian Defense Ministry, issued yesterday, stating that there will be a response. This will come at the most opportune time, but it will definitely happen,” declared the spokesman for the Kremlin, Dmitri Peskovthis Thursday during his daily press conference.
The Kremlin has on several occasions expressed its indignation towards Western countries that have allowed the use of long-range missiles and has accused USA of wanting to lengthen and aggravate the conflict. However, the relationship between the Russian and American administrations may change after the takeover of power. Donald Trumpwho has expressed opinions similar to those of Moscow in this area. “I am firmly opposed to sending missiles hundreds of kilometers into Russia. Why are we doing this? (…) We are only escalating this war and making it worse,” said the president-elect in an interview with Time magazine. .
In the midst of negotiating a Christmas truce
The exchange of attacks occurs in the midst of the proposal of the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbánto Russia to produce a prisoner exchange and a Christmas truce. However, the Kremlin spokesman stated today in response to the Hungarian leader that Russia does not want a truce. “We want peace that will be established once our conditions are met, after all the objectives we have set for ourselves are achieved,” he assured. Peskov.
Orbán has alluded to the fact that Ukraine does not want to give in to your proposal, ensuring that “one of the parties accepted this offer, the other did not.” For its part, Zelensky He criticized Orbán’s call to Putin and assured that “no one should inflate his personal image at the expense of the unity of Europe” and that “there cannot be conversations about the war that Russia is carrying out against Ukraine without Ukraine.” On the other hand, the Ukrainian president showed this Friday his concern about Donald Trump’s position against the use of long-range missiles and assures that it fits “completely” with that of Moscow.
