President Biden condemns Russian attacks on Ukraine On Thursday, December 26, 2024, the President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, strongly condemned the Christmas Day attacks by Russia on Ukraine’s power grid, and promised the people of this country that the country he leads will continue to assist Ukraine.On Wednesday, the Moscow government fired more than 170 missiles and drones at Ukraine, targeting Ukraine’s power infrastructure.
The attacks killed one worker, damaged a hydroelectric dam, and left many Ukrainians without electricity on Christmas morning.In his speech, the retired US president said: “The United States will continue to work tirelessly to support Ukraine’s goals by preventing Russian military attacks on Ukraine.”Biden added: “The goal of this horrific attack was to deprive the people of Ukraine of heat and electricity this winter and to disrupt security during this Christmas season.
”The Ukrainian Air Force said that the attacks targeted major Ukrainian oil and gas stations and power plants, and what made matters worse was that the 78 missiles were launched from the air, land, and sea.The forces also said they had seized 59 missiles and 54 drones, as well as 52 unmanned aerial vehicles
. In northeastern Ukraine, at least six people were injured in a missile attack on the Kharkiv region, the regional governor, Oleh Syniehubov, said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, for his part, believes that Russia’s missile attack on Ukraine on Christmas Day is completely inhumane.He said: “Today, [Russian President Vladimir] Putin has deliberately chosen Christmas as the day to launch an attack. What could be more inhumane? More than 70 missiles, including ballistic missiles, and more than 100 drones. The target is our energy sector.
They are still fighting to keep Ukraine alive,” he told France 24.The Ukrainian Air Force also said that the missiles fired at Kharkiv were of the so-called ballistic type. Meanwhile, in Dnipropetrovsk, Governor Serhiy Lysak also said that Russia had damaged the power supply.