07:26: Russia wants to exhaust Ukraine with its massive strikes
The recent massive Russian strikes against major Ukrainian cities aim, according to experts, to exhaust the population and the anti-aircraft defense of Ukraine, which has once again requested more weapons from its Western allies.
According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russia fired nearly 300 missiles and more than 200 Shahed explosive drones, in two attacks, on December 29 and on the night of January 1 to 2, which caused the deaths of around fifty people. people.
A year after Moscow’s massive strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, this mid-winter campaign hit essential civilian facilities and residential neighborhoods, according to kyiv. As usual, Moscow claims for its part that it is only targeting military targets.