Ukraine has announced that Russian forces have struck various regions of the country with cruise missiles, and the Russian authorities have announced that they shot down 59 Ukrainian drones in several regions of the Russian Federation. due to the flight of Russian Tu-95MS bombers.
According to the armed forces of Ukraine, various regions of the country, in particular, Kharkiv, Poltava and Dnipropetrovsk regions, were attacked by cruise missiles. The mayor of Kharkiv reported about a massive attack on the city, as a result of which 3 people were injured. A number of explosions thundered in the city.
Minister of Energy of Ukraine Herman Halushchenko said that Russia has carried out massive attacks on the energy system of Ukraine. There are still no clear data on the damage caused. At night, explosions also thundered in Zaporizhia. According to the Russian service of the BBC, they were supposedly the result of the shooting down of drones by the anti-aircraft system.
And on December 24, as a result of a Russian rocket hitting one of the apartment buildings in Krivoy Rog, the number of injured reached 15. In turn, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that 59 Ukrainian anti-aircraft missiles were shot down at night in Bryansk, Belgorod, Voronezh, Kursk and Tambov regions, as well as in the sky of the Sea of Azov.