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Russia\u2019s second big attack on Ukraine\u2019s energy system this month left 1 million without power
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Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/a> has threatened to strike \u201cdecision-making centres\u201d in Kyiv<\/a> with Moscow<\/a>\u2019s new intermediate-range ballistic missile.
Putin boasted Moscow\u2019s production of advanced missile systems<\/a> exceeds that of the NATO military alliance by 10 times, as he vowed to respond <\/a>to the use of Western missiles by Ukraine<\/a>.
Russian attacks have not so far struck government buildings in the Ukrainian capital. Kyiv is heavily protected by air defences, but Putin says Russia<\/a>\u2019s Oreshnik hypersonic missile <\/a>is incapable of being intercepted.
\u201cAt present, the Ministry of Defence and the General Staff are selecting targets to hit on Ukrainian territory,\u201d Putin told the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) in Kazakhstan.
\u201cThese could be military facilities, defence and industrial enterprises, or decision-making centres in Kyiv.\u201d
It comes as Russia\u2019s \u201cmassive\u201d aerial attack on energy infrastructure across Ukraine left at least one million people without power.
In Russia\u2019s second big attack on Ukraine\u2019s energy grid this month, damage to the energy and other critical infrastructure was reported by officials across the country.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia used cruise missiles with cluster munitions in Thursday\u2019s attack, calling it a \u201cvile escalation\u201d.
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A Polish company has strongly denied any laws were broken when it sent Swiss-made ammunition to\u00a0Ukraine.
Switzerland\u2019s government said last week it was barring exports to Polish military hardware supplier UMO after concluding that some 645,000 rounds of Swiss-made small-calibre ammunition ended up in\u00a0Ukraine.
The issue is sensitive because Swiss laws on neutrality and the export of war material ban the export or re-export of Swiss-owned or Swiss-made military hardware to countries in conflict.
Poland, in contrast, is one of neighbouring\u00a0Ukraine\u2018s staunchest allies and has sought to help Kyiv defend itself against Russia\u2019s invasion with arms supplies.
UMO, which specializes in hardware for the military and police, said it purchased ammunition in 2023 from a Swiss ammunition provider, SwissP Defence, and later exported the ammunition to\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0\u201cin accordance with the Polish law.\u201d
It argued that it did not break Swiss law either, saying that \u201cthe Swiss government handed over control of the goods to Polish law.\u201d
President Vladimir Putin has said that a massive Russian overnight attack on Ukrainian infrastructure was a response to Kyiv\u2019s attacks on Russian regions using longer-range Western missiles.
Russia had unleashed its second big attack on\u00a0Ukraine\u2018s energy infrastructure this month on Thursday, Ukrainian officials said. This cut power to more than 1 million people in the west, south, and centre of the country.
Speaking in Astana, Kazakhstan, Putin told members of a security alliance made up of ex-Soviet states:
\u201cTonight we conducted a comprehensive strike using 90 missiles of similar classes and 100 drones. Seventeen targets were hit.
\u201cThese are military facilities, defence industry facilities and their support systems. Let me repeat once again: these strikes on our part also took place in response to the ongoing strikes (by\u00a0Ukraine) on Russian territory with American ATACMS missiles. As I have already said many times, there will always be a response from our side.\u201d
Russia is selecting targets in\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0that could include \u201cdecision-making centres\u201d in Kyiv in response to Ukrainian long-range strikes on Russian territory with Western weapons, President Vladimir Putin has said.
Russian attacks have not so far struck government buildings in the Ukrainian capital. Air defences heavily protect Kyiv, but Putin says Russia\u2019s Oreshnik hypersonic missile, which it fired for the first time at a Ukrainian city last week, is incapable of being intercepted.
\u201cOf course, we will respond to the ongoing strikes on Russian territory with long-range Western-made missiles, as has already been said, including by possibly continuing to test the Oreshnik in combat conditions, as was done on November 21,\u201d Putin told a meeting of a security alliance of ex-Soviet countries in Kazakhstan.
\u201cAt present, the Ministry of Defence and the General Staff are selecting targets to hit on Ukrainian territory. These could be military facilities, defence and industrial enterprises, or decision-making centres in Kyiv,\u201d he said.
A Russian court sentenced a defence lawyer who has represented critics of Moscow’s war in Ukraine to seven years in prison on Thursday under two statutes, spreading false information about the Russian army and “inciting hatred”, the court said.
Prosecutors had sought a 12-year sentence for Dmitry Talantov, 63, who plead not guilty, after he wrote Facebook posts which condemned the actions of Russian soldiers in Ukraine.
The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Russia had called on Wednesday for Talantov’s acquittal.
“Talantov must be released immediately and exonerated of all criminal responsibility, as acts such as expressing a non-violent opinion or peaceful dissent against the war are protected by international human rights law,” Mariana Katzarova said.
The war that broke out when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 is now at a critical juncture, with Russian ground forces advancing at their fastest pace so far this year in eastern Donetsk region.
Russia fired a new hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile on Ukraine this month in response to the US and Britain allowing Kyiv to strike Russian territory with advanced Western weapons.
“[Russian President Vladimir] Putin does not want peace. We must force him into peace through strength,” Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said, reiterating Kyiv’s call for more air defence and long-range capabilities from its Western allies.
Russia launched almost 200 missiles and drones at Ukraine in its latest attack on the countrys energy infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
In a post on X this morning, he said: \u201cIn total, approximately 100 strike drones and over 90 missiles of various types were launched.
\u201cSeveral regions reported Kalibr missile strikes with cluster munitions, deliberately aimed at civilian infrastructure.
\u201cThe use of these cluster elements significantly complicates the work of our rescuers and power engineers in mitigating the damage, marking yet another vile escalation in Russia\u2019s terrorist tactics.\u201d
Ukraine’s state oil and gas firm Naftogaz has said that Russian forces attacked its facilities in the morning missile strike, but it will not affect the company’s work.
“Our employees and contracted services are dealing with the consequences of the damage,” Naftogaz said on the Telegram messenger on Wednesday.
Russia unleashed its second big attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure this month on Thursday, cutting power to more than 1 million people in the west, south, and center of the country, officials said.
Damage to the energy and other critical infrastructure was reported by officials in Lviv, Volyn, Rivne and Khmelnytskyi regions in the west, the Mykolayiv and Kherson regions in the south, and Zhytomyr region in the centre.
The attack reinforced fears of long power cuts during the winter months as temperatures across Ukraine hover around zero.
“Another Russian missile and drone barrage, targeting civilians and energy grid, causing power outages across Ukraine,” Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on X.
Ukrainian officials said it was the 11th major strike on the Ukrainian energy system since March. Russia had knocked out about half of Ukraine’s available generating capacity, damaged the distribution system and forced long blackouts.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia used cruise missiles with cluster munitions in Thursday’s attack, calling it a “despicable escalation”.
Ukrainian air defence shot down 79 out of 91 Russian missiles and downed 35 drones, the air force said.
A source in the energy sector source said Ukraine disconnected several nuclear power units from the network amid the Russian attack. Ukraine relies on nuclear generation for more than 50 per cent of its electricity supplies.
The capital Kyiv was targeted but all missiles or drones were downed, officials said.
There was no immediate comment from Moscow on Thursday’s attack. Russia denies targeting civilian targets.
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