Did you miss the latest events on the war in Ukraine? 20 Minutes takes stock for you every evening. Massive Russian attack on Christmas Day, Ukrainian offensive and Pope’s speech, here is the main news from this Wednesday, December 25, the 1,036th day of the war.
News of the day
Russia launched more than 70 missiles and more than 100 explosive drones on Wednesday at Ukraine, targeting its energy system, an attack that caused the death of one person and left, according to kyiv, hundreds of thousands of homes without electricity or heat on Christmas Day.
Russian President Vladimir Putin “consciously chose Christmas for his attack. What could be more inhumane? » launched his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on Telegram.
“More than 50 missiles” and some drones were shot down but some strikes led to “power cuts in several regions,” he added.
Today’s statement
« “We must pay tribute to the resilience of the Ukrainian people and the leadership of President Zelensky in the face of new drone and missile attacks from Putin’s bloody and brutal war machine without any respite, even Christmas” »
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday denounced the massive attack by Russian missiles and explosive drones on the Ukrainian energy system, which left one person dead on Christmas Day.
“I condemn this attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure,” the Labor leader wrote in a statement.
The number of the day
4. This is the number of deaths after the Ukrainian attack on a town in the Russian border region of Kursk, where Ukraine has been leading an offensive since August. Several injured are also counted, said the acting governor.
Three people were killed by a “barbaric shelling by the Ukrainian army” and a fourth victim died of his injuries in hospital, he wrote on Telegram. “Five people were hospitalized,” including one in serious condition, he added.
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Today’s trend
Pope Francis urged Wednesday to “silence the guns” and “overcome divisions” in the world, while Christmas, celebrated by millions of Christians, is still overshadowed this year by the wars in the Gaza Strip, Ukraine and in many other regions. At the Vatican, the 88-year-old Argentine Jesuit invited people to maintain “hope” while reviewing the main conflicts in the four corners of the planet during his traditional “Urbi et Orbi” blessing. For the second year in a row, Ukraine celebrated Christmas on December 25 as in the West and no longer on January 7 – corresponding to December 25 of the old Julian calendar still followed by the Russian Orthodox Church for religious holidays. The pope, whose numerous calls for peace have gone unheeded since Moscow’s invasion of the country in February 2022, called on leaders to have “the audacity to open the door to negotiation” with a view to a “just and lasting peace”.
Source: www.20minutes.fr
