Posted on 12/25/2024 4:16:21 AM PST by marcusmaximus
Many Ukrainians were celebrating without heat or power after Russia launched a Christmas Day assault on the country’s energy infrastructure, an act that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned as “inhuman.”
“Today, Putin deliberately chose Christmas for an attack. What could be more inhuman,” Zelenskyy said in a post on X early Wednesday. "Every Russian massive strike takes time to prepare. It is never a spontaneous decision. It is a conscious choice not only of targets, but also of time and date."
Over 70 Russian missiles and more than a hundred drones targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, with Ukrainian forces successfully shooting down more than 50 missiles and a significant number of drones, Zelenskyy added in his post.
Zelenskyy also said that the “targeted attack” on the energy sector caused outages in several regions, including Kyiv, and emphasized that Russian forces “continue to fight for a blackout in Ukraine.”
“Russian evil will not break Ukraine and will not distort Christmas,” he said.
Russia's defense ministry confirmed the attacks.
“This morning, Russia's Armed Forces carried out a massive strike with long-range precision weapons and strike drones on critical energy infrastructure facilities in Ukraine that ensure the operation of the military-industrial complex," the ministry said in its daily briefing on Telegram.
“The strike’s objective was achieved. All facilities were hit,” it added.
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Much of the world disagrees
But 7th it is comrade
Exactly. Putin, Zelensky and Biden (and their respective henchmen) own this mess.
I fervently hope that Trump can quickly put an end to this travesty.
We landed on Okinawa on Easter Sunday. Anyway, Ukraine refuses any Christmas truce offers.
British officers are not civilians
Not sure your point
Lol…. Wonder how many actual farmers are out there?
The right answer? Not celebrate nazism and Nazi culture. Stay in Kiev and not attack, murder and ethically cleanse the people in the east for not recognizing the coup leaders as the new legitimate government of Ukraine.
They started this war.
Three names come to mind:
Blackrockinskyy, Statestreetenko and Vanguardoz
“British officers are not civilians
Not sure your point”
In the heady days when Europe was ruled only by Kings and Aristocats it was considered a war crime for peon troops to shoot aristocratic officers. The British Army cried in its soup over American troops not giving a damn and shooting them dead anyway. It turns out that covering yourself all in red and white and adorning yourself with shiny metals isn’t a bright idea in the middle of a battlefield. The British called it uncivilized and a war crime at the time.
Learn some history.
lol my we are a smug one.
What you stated is well known at least by folks like me that love history.
Here is another history lesson, Soviet Union started WW2 allied with Nazi Germany, and carved up Poland(literally), then invaded Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia. And let’s not forget the Finnish winter war in 39 when Soviets invaded Finland.
Russia/Soviets have their own long and storied history of being the invaders.
But you still haven’t explained what your “history lesson”(Putin loves them too) has to do with launching missiles and drones into civilian targets on Christmas/Christmas eve.?
Yes, I know all about that WW2 history but YOU did not know how controversial Americans sniping British officers was during the Revolutionary War. Are you even an American?
Let me repeat. In the heady days when the British Empire and Europe was ruled only by Kings and Aristocats it was considered a war crime by the aristocracy for peon troops to shoot aristocratic officers. The British Army cried in its soup over American troops not giving a damn and shooting them dead anyway. It turns out that covering yourself all in red and white and adorning yourself with shiny metals isn’t a bright idea in the middle of a battlefield. The British called it uncivilized and a war crime at the time.
Learn some history. 😎
I have often asked what does being a nazi mean these days. Socialist, dictatorship…
The better question is which country abs dear leader most emulates the behaviors of Nazi Germany?
Invaded neighbors, secret police, control media, govt controls industry, rewrites history, torture, killing POWs….
Russians have used the “protecting Russians” to justify nearly every war they have started. Ask Fins, Poles, Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, Georgians, Chechnyians, and Ukrainians
Save your “they started it” for someone else
And, for orthodox Christians, this IS NOT Christmas. They celebrate Christmas on January 7.
As I said smug
I am fully aware of revolutionary war history, still doesn’t explain how the Christmas/Christmas eve attack is related to your history lesson
Gosh, by golly, on a thread with some Freepers being called "comrade" and "godless commie" on Christmas Day, "smug" seems so tame.
12/25/2024, 7:58:50 AM · 9,929 of 9,934Maybe that thread can set some sort of record and break a thousand this cheery, festive morning? This one won't.
BTW, Christmas is January 7th for Orthodox Christians, which the vast majority of Christians in both Ukraine and Russia are.
Russian Derangement Syndrome makes one retarded.
Well since it is well over a thousand it already has😂
“I am fully aware of revolutionary war history, still doesn’t explain how the Christmas/Christmas eve attack is related to your history lesson.”
Because you are retarded?
You and the other neoccons are complaining that Russia attacked the Ukraine electrical facilities on Christmas Day went, up until Zelinsky became dictator, the Ukraine celebrated Christmas on January 7. Zelensky unilaterally declare Christmas to occur on December 25 instead of January 7 wow outlawing the Russian Orthodox Church and seizing all of its church properties.
BTW
what is wrong with Comrade and Godless commie. Commies by definition are Godless, and comrade has many connotations none really bad, just descriptive 😂
If you don’t like smug how about arrogant
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