“About 400 drones and 40 missiles launched”

“More than 400 drones and about 40 missiles of various types have been used in this attack. The main objective was the electrical network and the generation and distribution substations,” Zelensky lamented on his Telegram account.

“Everywhere where the situation allows, rescue and repair work is taking place at the points of Russian attack,” added the Ukrainian president.

Zelensky has recognized “damage” in several Ukrainian regionssuch as in Volonia, in the northwest and bordering Poland, in Ivano-Frankovsk, also in the west and where the border with Romania is, Lviv, which also borders Polish territory, and Rivne, adjacent to Belarus.

The president indicated that in Rivne, an apartment block was damaged by the Russian attack, while in the Vinnitsia region, in the center of the country and bordering Moldova, specifically in the city of Ladizhin, Russian drones hit an administrative building.

“There were also attacks in the kyiv and Kharkiv regions,” said Zelensky, who indicated that Ukraine still had its air defenses active.

“Every day RussiaI could choose real diplomacy, but choose attacks again. It is important that everyone who supports the trilateral negotiation responds to this,” said the Ukrainian president, in an allusion to the recent three-way negotiating efforts between Ukraine, Russia and the United States.

“Moscow must be deprived to be able to put pressure on Ukraine with cold weather,” Zelensky stressed, alluding that the Russian attacks against the Ukrainian energy infrastructure occur at a time when the cold marks the daily life of the citizens of the invaded country.

It should be noted that as a result of this “massive attack”, the Ukrainian Energy Minister Denis Shmigalhas reported that the national energy company of Ukraine, Ukrenergohas been forced to implement power cuts in different parts of the country.

Albares condemns the attack

He Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albareshas condemned this Saturday on his X account the recent attack by Russia against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, and has reaffirmed the support and help from the Spanish Government to the Ukrainian people.