The President of the United States asked the US Department of Defense to accelerate the delivery of weapons to Ukraine
The President of the United States, Joe Biden, criticized the . The Democrat classified as “outrageous” the attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
Biden, who is at the end of his term, asked the US Department of Defense to accelerate arms deliveries to Ukraine. “The aim of this outrageous attack was to cut off the Ukrainian people’s access to heat and electricity during the winter and put the security of their grid at risk.”said the president.
According to local governors, one person died in the Dnipropetrovsk region and 6 were injured in the city of Kharkiv. With temperatures close to zero degrees Celsius, Russia’s attacks left half a million Ukrainians without heat in the Kharkiv region. In the capital Kiev, blackouts were also recorded.
“Today, Putin deliberately chose Christmas for an attack. What could be more inhumane? More than 70 missiles, including ballistic ones, and more than 100 attack drones. The targets are our energy infrastructure. They continue to fight for a blackout in Ukraine.”declared the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, last Wednesday (Dec 25).
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer also criticized the attacks. “I condemn this ongoing attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure”these Starmer. “I pay tribute to the resilience of the Ukrainian people and the leadership of President Zelenskyy, in the face of new drone and missile attacks from Putin’s bloody and brutal war machine, without respite, even at Christmas,” completed.
According to Zelensky, most of the missiles were intercepted, but some reached their targets and led to power cuts. “Os Engineers are working to restore power as quickly as possible.”reported the Ukrainian leader.
