Russia and Ukraine accused each other of targeting civilians over the New Year, with Moscow reporting a deadly strike on a hotel in territory it occupies in southern Ukraine, while Kyiv said there had been another broad attack on its power supplies.
“On New Year, Russia deliberately brings war. Over 200 attack drones were launched onto Ukraine in the night,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wrote on Telegram, saying energy infrastructure in seven regions across Ukraine had been targeted.
Meanwhile, Russia accused Ukraine of killing at least 24 people, including a child, in a drone strike on a hotel and cafe in a Russian-controlled part of southern Ukraine.
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Ukraine’s military, which has accused Russia of killing many civilians in its attacks on Ukrainian cities, said it targeted strictly military and energy targets, but made no specific reference to accounts of the strike on the hotel.
Zelenskiy said Russia’s holiday season attacks showed that Ukraine could not afford delays in air defense supplies.
“[Our] allies have the names of equipment which we are lacking. We expect that everything agreed with the United States at the end of December for our defense will arrive on time,” he said, without clarifying further.
Russian-installed Kherson Oblast governor Vladimir Saldo said three Ukrainian drones had hit the celebrations in Khorly, in what he called a “deliberate strike” against civilians, adding that many people had been burnt alive.
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that on top of 24 dead, 50 people had been injured.
Moscow on Monday accused Kyiv of trying to strike a residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Ukrainian and European officials have said the incident did not happen, and US security officials were also reported to have found that Ukraine did not target the residence.
A senior Russian military chief handed to a US military attache what he said was part of a Ukrainian drone containing data that proved that the Ukrainian military had targeted the residence.
The Ukrainian governor of Kherson region, Oleksandr Prokudin, said that one man had been killed and an 87-year-old woman was injured in attacks on the city on Thursday.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba said rail facilities had been attacked in three regions.
The Russian Ministry of Defense on Thursday said its strikes had hit military targets, as well as energy infrastructure which it claimed was being used to support Ukraine’s military.
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