Four people were killed in a “massive” wave of Russian strikes across Ukraine Monday, officials said, as authorities in the Russian border city of Belgorod evacuated hundreds due to Ukrainian shelling. FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg reports from Kyiv.
- In just a few days between December 29th and now, Russia has used about 300 missiles and over 200 “Shahed” drones against Ukraine. Prior to Ukraine, no country in the world had ever successfully repulsed such combined attacks with the use of drones and missiles, including air-launched ballistic missiles. Only today, 10 Kinzhals were shot down. I am grateful to every warrior in our Air Forces, all fighters in mobile air defense groups, every anti-aircraft gunner, and everyone throughout the world who is assisting Ukraine by providing weapons to defend our skies. Each additional air defense system and missile saves more lives. It is here, in Ukraine, and with our air defense, that we must demonstrate that democracies are capable of protecting lives from all types of terror. If we fail to achieve this task in Ukraine now, Russian terror will further spread throughout Europe and beyond. The Russian leadership’s sense of impunity, forged over decades of unrestricted authority, has already resulted in a lot of suffering and loss of life. Russia must confront the responsibility for taking lives as well as the power of those who protect them. – Zelensky – Dictator of Ukraine – clip at Twitter
- PUTIN VOWS TO INCREASE ATTACKS ON UKRAINE “We’re going to intensify the strikes, no crime against civilians will rest unpunished, that’s for certain.” Putin’s escalation counters Ukraine’s significant strikes in cities like Belgorod, a response to Russia’s intense attacks across Ukraine, marking a peak in the conflict’s severity. Source: Al Jazeera – Mario Nawfal
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