Russia attacks Ukraine with missiles on Christmas Day

After the nighttime launches of the Shahed, on Christmas morning Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine, using cruise missiles and ballistic missiles. Energy facilities are again under fire.

Find out what is known about the massive shelling as of now in RBC-Ukraine's report below.

The main thing for now:

Tu-95MS launched cruise missiles, and Russians launched Kalibr from the Black Sea, there are ballistic missile exits.

Kharkiv is under massive attack. There were many explosions there, and repeated launches towards the city have been recorded. Fires broke out in the city as a result of ballistic missiles, and there is damage to the infrastructure. There are also reports of casualties.

In general, explosions are heard in a number of regions. In particular, they were heard in Kharkiv, Dnipro, Kremenchuk in Poltava region, as well as Samara, Kryvyi Rih, Kirovohrad region, Zaporizhzhia, and Svitlovodsk.

Russia is again attacking the energy sector on a massive scale. Preventive blackouts were introduced across Ukraine.

Poland has been mobilizing its air force because of the Russian missile attack on Ukraine.

One Russian cruise missile was fired from Moldova in the direction of Chernivtsi.

Author - Dmitriy Levchenko, 25/12/2024