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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Kyiv/Moscow, December 27 (Xinhua) — At least 22 people, including two children, were injured in a Russian missile and drone strike in Kyiv on Saturday, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko announced on Telegram. The Russian Defense Ministry, meanwhile, confirmed the massive retaliatory strike on Saturday.
According to V. Klitschko, seven of the ten districts of the Ukrainian capital were damaged during the Russian attack. At least eight apartment buildings, private homes, a tram depot, and cars were damaged.
The mayor specifically noted that Kyiv is experiencing heat and power outages due to Russian shelling. Specifically, over 2,600 residential buildings, 187 kindergartens, 138 schools, and 22 social service organizations are without centralized heating. Power and utility workers are working to restore heat and power, he added.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in turn, stated that on Saturday, Russia launched nearly 500 drones and 40 missiles, including Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, at the country. The main strikes targeted Kyiv's energy and civilian facilities.
According to the Ministry of Energy, the current attack left consumers without power not only in the Ukrainian capital, but also in the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions.
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Saturday that Russian forces had launched a massive retaliatory strike. "In response to Ukraine's terrorist attacks on civilian targets in Russia, the Russian Armed Forces launched a massive strike tonight using long-range, land-, air-, and sea-based precision weapons, including Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles, against energy infrastructure facilities used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Ukrainian military-industrial complex enterprises. The strike's objectives were achieved. All designated targets were hit," the ministry's statement read.
The Russian Ministry of Defense also reported that Russian air defense systems shot down 78 Ukrainian aircraft-type drones in the past 24 hours. –0–
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