A Ukrainian official said Saturday that the Russian leader is now targeting residential areas instead of infrastructure.<\/b>
\nAs Ukraine heads into 2023 still fighting for its freedom, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a new round of \u00ab\u00a0mass missile attacks\u00a0\u00bb on Saturday, targeting residential areas instead of infrastructure, Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba said.
\u00ab\u00a0This time, Russia’s mass missile attack is deliberately targeting residential areas, not even our energy infrastructure. War criminal Putin \u00ab\u00a0celebrates\u00a0\u00bb New Year by killing people,\u00a0\u00bb Kuleba tweeted Saturday morning. \u00ab\u00a0Russia must be kicked out of its UN Security Council seat which it has always occupied illegally.\u00a0\u00bb
\u00ab\u00a0It was very loud and scary,\u00a0\u00bb Daryna Antoniuk said. \u00ab\u00a0The explosions began before I reached the bomb shelter. I started running. Then it turned out that the missiles hit very close to my house.\u00a0\u00bb
On Thursday, Russia’s Ministry of Defense said it will \u00ab\u00a0never\u00a0\u00bb run out of missiles after launching several attacks across the Eastern European nation.
Putin’s troops have struggled to achieve substantial victories in Ukraine throughout the year. In the fall, Ukraine launched its own counteroffensive, recapturing thousands of square miles of formerly occupied territory. Experts view the war as exposing the weaknesses in the Russian leader’s military, such as an apparent struggle to maintain well-trained, motivated troops.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian cities including Kyiv, Lviv and Odessa were all heavily struck by Russian missiles on Thursday as Putin’s army hit infrastructure impacting those cities’ energy grids. Russia has repeatedly targeted Ukraine’s energy grid causing widespread blackouts as winter approaches.
Menon continued: \u00ab\u00a0The attacks will certainly increase Ukraine’s economic difficulties, but they will strengthen Ukrainians’ morale and determination to prevail. This was evident to me during my most recent visit to wartime Ukraine this month.\u00a0\u00bb
Ukrainian government official, Sergiy Kyslytsya, also tweeted on Saturday about the missile strikes, saying, \u00ab\u00a0On the last day of 2022 Moscow has launched yet another missile attack on Ukraine, a civilian’s killed & Japanese journalist’s wounded. There’s no purgatory for war criminals, they go straight to hell\u00a0\u00bb I said on the day invasion was launched, I remind now.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n