The Ukrainian President used his usual latenight speech to cover a counterattack
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The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, announced there would be a “battlefield” response to Russia’s massive new attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure that left hundreds of cities without power on Monday. Zelenskyy claimed that most of the targets chosen by Russia today were “saved” when 45 of the 55 cruise missiles launched by the Russians in the massive attack were “shot down”. “There will be an answer on the battlefield. And I would like to remind you that the total number of personnel lost to the Russian occupiers is almost 72,000,” Zelenskyy said in his usual evening speech. “Don’t make them wonder about their losses when they see Ukrainians ‘negotiating’ in the dark,” he warned. the russian president, Wladimir Putinacknowledged that Monday’s massive attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure were carried out in part in response to the “terrorist attack” allegedly carried out by Kyiv against the Black Sea Fleet, and warned of further retaliatory measures.
Russia claimed the attack, using more than 50 missiles, was aimed at 18 Ukrainian energy targets in 10 regions. According to Kyiv, hundreds of cities in seven Ukrainian regions were without power and at least 13 civilians were injured in Russian attacks. “For every ten attacks, terrorists have to spend at least four times as many missiles,” assured the Ukrainian president tonight, for whom Russia’s result is “even worse compared to drones, including those provided by their Iranian accomplices.” Four Russian helicopters were also shot down today, according to Zelenskyy. In this way, according to the Ukrainian leader, the world sees “that the former ‘second army in the world’ is no longer even the 22nd in terms of effectiveness”.
*With information from EFE