A Russian missile hit the center of Kherson.Image: Kherson Region Administration/AP / Uncredited
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Almost ten months after the start of the war in the Ukraine Has Russia intensified its attacks on the country again. Numerous regions were hit on Friday with the heaviest rocket attacks in weeks. Also on Monday Russia attacked numerous Ukrainian cities with drones.
Meanwhile, the states of the European Union have launched another package of sanctions against Russia.
25 December
4.45 a.m .: Ukraine reports 10 dead and 55 injured in Russian shelling of Cherson
Widespread horror was triggered by new Russian attacks on the southern Ukrainian city of Cherson. There were 10 people killed and 55 others injured, as military governor Yaroslav Yanushevich announced on Ukrainian television on Saturday evening. 18 people were seriously injured. The deputy chief of the Presidential Office in Kyiv, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, published photos of lifeless people in the center of the city, which was recently liberated from Russian occupation, on his Telegram channel.
President Selenskyj condemned the attack as another crime of the “terrorist state” Russia directly before Christmas. The photos of the dead would certainly be marked by social networks because of the content. “But that’s not sensitive content, that’s the real thing Life of Ukraine and Ukrainians,” he said. “This is terror, this is killing for the sake of intimidation and for pleasure,” he said. “The world needs to see and understand the absolute evil we are fighting.”
24th of December
9:56 am: Minister Cem Özdemir supports Ukrainian farmers
The Federal Ministry for nutrition and Agriculture has provided 14 million euros for Ukrainian farmers to maintain and rebuild food self-sufficiency in the face of Russian war of aggression. As the Ministry on Saturday in Berlin announced that 125 power generators as well as animal feed or seeds are to be procured with nine million euros; The reconstruction of the in-house production of fruit and vegetables is to be supported with five million euros.
“The courage and resilience of Ukraine and also of Ukrainian farmers is incredibly impressive for me,” said Minister Cem Özdemir (Greens) and emphasized: “Even at Christmas time we stand together.”
The destruction of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and targeted Russian attacks on agriculture are having a major impact on food supplies, the minister said. In many places there is a lack of electricity, but also of food for them Animals. “Especially in the rural areas close to the front, electricity is essential for a functioning agriculture that produces food for the population.”
7:12 a.m.: Selenskyj warns of new attacks
“With the approaching holiday season, Russian terrorists could become active again,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his daily video address on Friday evening. “They despise Christian values and any values in general.”
Zelenskyy urged Ukrainians to be extra vigilant in the coming days. “So please heed the air raid shelter signals, help each other and always look out for each other,” he said. At the same time, he addressed an unusually harsh warning to Russia. “Citizens of Russia must clearly understand that terror never goes unanswered,” he said, without going into detail.
In the past few days, the Ukrainian military leadership has repeatedly warned of possible new rocket attacks on the country’s infrastructure and energy supply. Among other things, the military pointed out on Friday that a Russian fleet was underway in the Black Sea, which also included a warship equipped with cruise missiles.
Older news for war in Ukraine you can find here.
(With material from dpa and afp)
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