Russian attacks at Christmas: Ukraine is fighting for Pokrovsk!
Russian attacks at Christmas: Ukraine is fighting for Pokrovsk!
Here are the most dramatic developments on 1,036. Day of the Russian invasion in Ukraine!
On Thursday, December 26th, the situation in Ukraine was boiling again! The front lines are glowing, while the struggles between Russian and Ukrainian troops romp in the strategically important city of Pokrovsk in the east of the country. According to the Ukrainian general staff, 35 Russian attacks on the city were reported on Wednesday. Viktor Trehubov, the regional commander of Ukraine, said: "Three Russian armies are concentrated here against us!"
But that's not all! On Christmas Eve, Russia started a massive attack on Ukraine, which was carried out with cruise rockets, ballistic rockets and drones. The devastating follows: At least six injuries in the northeastern city of Charkiw and a fatalities in the Dnipropetrovsk region, as the governors reported.
international reactions and military support
Ukraine's President Wolodymyr Selenskyj condemned the "inhumana" attack from Russia, which included more than 170 rockets and drones and paralyzed the power supply in several regions. US President Joe Biden also did not allow himself to be ripped off and described the "scandalous attack" as an attempt to deny the Ukrainian people access to warmth and electricity during the winter. "This is an attack on the safety of the power grid!" Said Biden.
The British Prime Minister Keir Strander joined the choir of the convictions and found that "there is no peace even at Christmas". In the meantime, Russia reported that five people were killed by Ukrainian rocket attacks and a falling drone residue in the border regions of the Consk and North Ossetia.
In the middle of this tense situation, Biden asked the US Department of Defense to further increase arms deliveries to Ukraine. A clear sign of support for the Ukrainian armed forces!diplomatic tensions and regional security concerns
The tensions in the region increase! The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused NATO of wanting to transform Moldova into a logistical center to support the Ukrainian army. At the same time, Arto Pahkin, the head of Finnish electricity supply, expressed that "the possibility of sabotage cannot be excluded" after a submarine that connects Finland and Estonia, had failed.
A "terrorist act" is also said to have hit a Russian cargo ship that has dropped in international waters in the Mediterranean this week. The Russian state company Oboronlogistika spoke of a targeted terrorist attack, but without revealing who could be responsible for it.
And as if that weren't enough: a passenger aircraft from the Azerbaijan Airlines crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan and killed 38 people. It had previously been diverted by an area in Russia that Moscow recently defended against Ukrainian drone attacks.
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