On New Year’s Day, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the Ukrainian attack on the Russian city of Belgorod, which left many dead, had driven him crazy. Retaliation would follow. On Tuesday morning, Kiev was hit by a massive rocket attack.
According to reports from residents, loud explosions were heard in the city of over a million inhabitants. There are power outages in several parts of the city, Mayor Vitaly Klitschko wrote on Telegram. The Ukrainian Air Force said Russia had deployed several Kinzhal hypersonic missiles.
Civil infrastructure facilities were affected; a gas pipe was damaged. Problems with water supply were also reported. Thirteen people were injured in a high-rise building when a rocket caused a fire, Klitschko wrote.
Explosions were heard in Kiev early in the morning. According to city authorities, the army tried to repel a Russian drone attack around 2 a.m. local time. “The debris from a drone is burning in an open area in the Desnjansky district,” Mayor Klitschko said. He added that rescuers were on the scene.
Deadly air strike on Kharkov
Airstrikes were also reported from other parts of the country. According to original authorities, one person was killed in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkov; more than twenty people were injured.
The mayor of Mykolaiv in the south of the country said the Ukrainian air force had shot down drones whose debris caused a fire. The Ukrainian Air Force said it defeated a total of 35 Iranian-made Shahed drones during the night.
Zelensky on Putin: “I will eat everyone for dinner”
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned the West not to show weakness towards Russia. If Ukraine loses this war against Russia, Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin will bring the war closer to the West. “Putin recognizes weakness like an animal, because he is an animal,” Zelensky said in an interview with the British magazine The Economist published on New Year’s Day. When he smells blood, Putin becomes strong.
“And he will eat everyone for dinner, including your EU, NATO, freedom and democracy.” Selenskyj currently sees no feasible path to peace. He himself sees that “no fundamental steps” are being taken on the Russian side. Instead, there are just constant air raids from the Russian side. “I only recognize the steps of a terrorist state.” Russia only sends so-called peace signals when its arsenals are empty. But after a breather, it continues “with all its might”.
Source: Krone
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