Ukrainian authorities accuse Moscow of not respecting its own ceasefire, to which Russia replied that they were limiting themselves to responding to enemy attacks during the 36-hour Christmas truce.
A Ukrainian strike damaged two thermoelectric power plants in the Donetsk region, while Russian forces attacked the eastern regions of Donetsk and Kharkov and southern Zaporizhia, coinciding with the end last midnight of the Christmas truce ordered by the Kremlin, according to military reports from both. parties.
The plants were hit in the cities of Novi Svet and Zugres under pro-Russian control, a representative of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic reported today on its Telegram channel.
In turn, Russian artillery hit the town of Merefa last night Kharkivwhere a 50-year-old man died.
Russian forces also reportedly launched a dozen attacks on the Ukrainian strongholds of Kramatorsk and Konstantinovka in Donetskwhere there were no civilian casualties.
There were also bombing raids on the outskirts of the city Zaporizhiacapital of the region of the same name, where Russian projectiles are said to have attacked the UN mission in the city of Orekhov.
Hours before the end of the unilateral ceasefire ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin, several Ukrainian cities declared air raid alerts in anticipation of bombing.
The Ukrainian General Staff estimated that Russia had carried out 40 missile launch attacks against civilian infrastructure in the past 24 hours.
Ukrainian authorities and the Pentagon accused Moscow of not respecting its own ceasefire, to which the Russian Defense Ministry responded that its forces were limited to just respond to attacks enemies.
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Source: EITB
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