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After recent attacks: Ukraine: Russia still has missiles for four massive attack waves

2022-12-19T11:41:22.683Z


Ukraine reports that it shot down Iranian drones over Kyiv overnight. The government assumes that Russia will soon run out of reserves of missiles. But such hopes have existed before.


The Ukrainian leadership assumes that Russia's stockpiles of missiles are only sufficient for a few massive attacks.

"If you count large-scale attacks, they have two or three at most, maybe they can scrape together [missiles for] four," National Security Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov said in an interview with the online newspaper Ukrainska Pravda on Monday.

But then Russia would have no more reserves.

Almost a month ago, Danilov assumed Russian capacities for a maximum of three to four massive rocket attacks on Ukraine.

Since then, Moscow has already carried out three large-scale attacks, each with at least 70 missiles.

According to Ukrainian estimates, Moscow can produce around 70 rockets and cruise missiles a month, despite Western sanctions.

During the night, Russian air raids were reported again from the capital Kyiv.

The authorities said on Monday that they had hit critical infrastructure in Kyiv and private houses in the surrounding region.

According to the Kiev military administration, there were more than 20 drone attacks during the night.

Around 15 drones were shot down.

It is said to have once again been drones of Iranian design.

"The enemy is attacking the capital with 'Shahed' barrage," the military said on Telegram.

"The air defenses are deployed."

Injured in the Kyiv region

According to initial information, there were no dead or injured in Kyiv, said Mayor Vitali Klitschko.

According to the information, two people were injured in the surrounding region of the same name.

"The terrorist country continues its war against the civilian population," Governor Oleskiy Kuleba wrote on the short message service Telegram.

Air raid sirens wailed almost all night in Kyiv.

In the morning the air alert was lifted.

Only on Friday did a heavy wave of Russian attacks lead to massive failures in the electricity, heat and water supply in Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy regretted that the world football governing body FIFA turned down a request for a message of peace ahead of the World Cup final in Qatar.

Zelenskyy's military, meanwhile, fear that Russia could possibly launch a new wave of missiles against Ukraine's infrastructure for the New Year celebrations.

Selenskyj: The world heard our message anyway

Zelenskyy said in his daily video message on Sunday evening that although FIFA prevented this call for peace from being shown in the stadium before the final in Qatar, "the world heard our message".

The world association had denied having received a request from Ukraine.

The final between France and Argentina was an emotional final, Zelenskyj said.

After all, the point of football is that anyone can win.

"But the competition will be held on the field, not on the battlefield," said Zelenskyy.

“And the worst that can happen is a red card, not a red button.

When people are united by football, people are united by peace.”

In his message of peace, which was distributed on YouTube, he pointed out that a special summit was being prepared, a peace summit.

"For our country and for any other nation that may be exposed to the same aggression, the same terror that Russia brought to our country." The peace formula proposed by Ukraine could help to create a new, globally significant security architecture.

Among other things, the peace plan envisages the complete withdrawal of Russia from Ukraine, including from Crimea, as well as the legal prosecution and processing of all Russian war crimes.

Source: faz

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