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Russian missiles on Ukraine, cities in blackout

2022-12-29T09:50:54.919Z


Lavrov rejects Zelensky's peace formula: 'An illusion'. The Russian minister: 'We will not talk about withdrawal from Donbass, Crimea, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson' (ANSA)


Explosions in several neighborhoods of Kiev are being reported by residents of the capital, according to Ukrainian media.

Presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych wrote on Facebook that more than 100 missiles were arriving in several waves.

The military administration of Kiev warned citizens on Telegram that the anti-aircraft defense is working.

Zhytomyr Governor Vitaliy Bunechko said Russian rockets were raining down on the region.

The head of the military administration of Kryvyi Rih, reports that the missiles are launched from ships in the Black Sea, reports the Guardian. 

According to the governor of the southern city of Mykolaiv Vitaliy Kim, 13 Russian Air Force planes and 2 missile carriers in the Black Sea went into action: a missile was reported arriving on the northeastern city of Sumy.

More missiles have entered Ukrainian airspace.

The alert was announced in Kiev, Kherson, Mykolaiv and the western Zhytomyr region.

Explosions are reported by governors and mayors as well as in Kiev also in Lviv (in western Ukraine), which is far from the front line, in Kharkiv, (in the east), Odessa (in the south), Sumy (in the north -East).

Ukrainian agencies and TVs report it.

Power outages were announced in Odessa, Dnipropetrovsk and Kryvyi Rih regions.

Presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak tweeted that over 120 missiles were fired into Ukraine this morning from Russia: "Over 120 missiles fired by the 'evil Russian world' to destroy critical infrastructure and kill civilians en masse." 

Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko wrote in Telegram that there were several explosions in the capital.

According to TV 5 Kanal, debris from a missile shot down by Ukrainian anti-aircraft fire in the Darnytskyi district hit a residential building, causing two injuries.

A fire broke out soon after.

Damaged one of the main roads in the center of the capital.

Meanwhile Lviv, the main city of western Ukraine, was left 90% without electricity after the Russian bombing of the energy infrastructure: Mayor Andriy Sadovy said on Telegram that 90% of the city was without electricity, trams and trolleybuses work anymore, there may be water cuts.

Lavrov rejects Zelensky's peace formula, 'an illusion'

- Russia does not intend to talk to anyone on the basis of the "peace formula" proposed by Vladimir Zelensky, Kiev is not ready for dialogue: the Russian Foreign Minister said Sergey Lavrov in an interview with Ria novosti.

"It is evident that Kiev is not ready for dialogue. Zelensky is cherishing the illusion of obtaining, with the help of the West, the withdrawal of our troops from the Russian territory of Donbass, Crimea, Zaporozhzhia and Kherson, the payment of reparations from part of Russia and international courts" and the like.

Naturally, there will be no talks under such conditions," Lavrov said.

Source: ansa

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