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“The targets are our vitality infrastructure. They proceed to combat for a blackout in Ukraine,” Zelenskyy added.
Ukrainian vitality minister German Galushchenko stated on Facebook that the transmission system operator took “the required consumption restriction measures to attenuate the unfavorable penalties for the vitality system.”
Taking a dig at Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Ukrainian international minister Andrei Sybiha stated 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 1,000,000 folks within the ravaged Kharkiv area have been left with out heating, whereas there have been blackouts in Kyiv, in keeping with media stories.
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.
