Being unable to defeat the Armed Forces, Russia is waging war against peaceful citizens

Today, the terrorist country, the Russian Federation, launched a massive missile attack on the critical infrastructure of our country. Being unable to defeat the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the enemy is waging war on peaceful citizens, thermal power plants, medical facilities and even babies. Written by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhnyi.

During today’s attack, the enemy launched 67 air (X-101/X-555) and sea-based cruise missiles (Caliber). The forces and means of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in cooperation with other components of the Defense Forces, destroyed 51 cruise missiles, as well as 5 Lancet-type kamikaze drones.

30 rockets were fired at Kyiv alone, 20 were destroyed.

Thank you to the military personnel whose professionalism saves lives. You are a role model for the whole world. What you do in the conditions of a constant shortage of weapons, equipment, and ammunition is at the limit of what is possible.

Thanks to the partner countries for the air defense and anti-missile defense systems that cover the sky above us. Peace in Europe directly depends on the stability and security of Ukraine.

On Wednesday, November 23, Russians launched a massive missile attack on Ukraine. The enemy once again attacked critical infrastructure facilities.

As a result of the enemy attack, Ukrainian cities were left without electricity and water supply.

Kyiv and the region One of the Russian rockets hit a high-rise building in Vyshgorod, Kyiv region. As a result, there was a fire. It is also known about several attacks on critical infrastructure facilities, as well as hits in the private sector in Chabany. In total, 34 people, five of them children, were injured as a result of the rocket attack in the Kyiv region. This was announced by the head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration, Oleksiy Kuleba.

Western region In Lviv, the “alarm” was announced at 1:11 p.m. Explosions were heard in the city. Later it became known that the Russians had fired two rockets at an electrical substation in the Lviv region. As a result, the Yavorivskyi, Chervonogradskyi and Lvivskyi districts of the oblast were left without electricity – a total of one and a half million people. As of 18:20, the city authorities reported that about half of Lviv has electricity again.

In Transcarpathia, Bukovyna, Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk regions, it was still quiet, but electricity blackout schedules are also being introduced there.

In Volyn and Rivne Oblast, there were also interruptions in electricity and water supply due to shelling by the Russian occupiers.

Central regions and the north

In the Dnipropetrovsk region, a Russian missile attack caused a sharp drop in voltage in the network, which led to emergency power outages. There are also problems with water.

In Kryvyi Rih, after the mass attack of the Russian Federation, a work plan was put into effect for the complete absence of electricity. There is a blackout in the city.

In the Vinnytsia region, the Russians also hit critical infrastructure objects with their rockets, the local regional military administration reported. Explosions also rang out in the Khmelnytskyi region. Part of the city of Khmelnytskyi was left without water.

Kharkiv and Donetsk region

Kharkiv and Kharkiv region are left without electricity due to emergency shutdowns.

The entire controlled territory of the Donetsk region was also left without electricity, reported the head of the Donetsk regional military administration, Pavlo Kyrylenko.

South region

In the area of responsibility of OС ” South” the launch of both air-launched rockets of the X-101 type and sea-based missiles of the “Kalibr” type was recorded. The wreckage of one downed rocket destroyed a farm building in Odesa, where almost two dozen domestic birds died. People were not hurt In the evening, the occupiers shelled Kherson with artillery. A 73-year-old man died as a result of the attack.

As a result of today’s Russian attacks, there are dead and wounded During the day on November 23, the Russian invaders delivered a massive blow to the energy infrastructure of Ukraine, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in the evening report. “According to preliminary information, 65 X-101 cruise missiles were used, 51 of which were shot down by the Ukrainian defense forces. Residential buildings and thermal power plants, thermal power plants and electrical substations in Kyiv, Kyiv, Vinnitsa, Lvov and Zaporizhzhia regions were hit. The information is being specified,” the statement says. in the summary.

There were no other reports of rocket hits in the Zaporizhzhia region as a result of the daytime attack today. At the same time, the head of the regional administration of the Kirovograd region reported about the hit on the power facility.

“In addition, this night the enemy launched two missile attacks on the Zaporizhzhia region and fired five rocket launchers at the positions of our troops,” the General Staff added.

The report also states that the enemy fired from MLRS, tanks, mortars and artillery settlements in Sumy, Kharkov, Luhansk, Donetsk,

Dnepropetrovsk, Kherson regions. On November 23, the invaders launched a massive missile attack on Ukraine. At around 13.00, an air alert was announced throughout Ukraine, with the exception of the occupied Crimea. It began to be canceled after 15.00. According to the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrainian defenders shot down 51 out of 70 Russian missiles and five strike UAVs. Kyiv Chairman Vitali Klitschko said that 31 rockets were fired at the capital, 21 were shot down.

It is known about hits in critical infrastructure facilities in Kyiv, Kyiv, Lvov and Kirovograd regions. In the capital and the Kyiv region there are dead, dozens of wounded.

In many regions, emergency power outages began, Kyiv was left without water.

All Ukrainian nuclear power plants, most thermal power plants and hydroelectric power stations were temporarily de-energized, the Ministry of Energy reported.

As a result of Russian missile attacks on Kyiv on November 23, fires broke out in the Dnipro, Solomyan and Holosiiv districts. Critical infrastructure objects, garages, and an administrative building were hit.

The photo of the consequences was published by the State Emergency Service.

“At the places of extraordinary events, there were destructions of critical infrastructure and non-residential buildings, which were accompanied by further burning. Also, as a result of rocket attacks, fires broke out in the garage cooperative in the Dnipro district and in 3 garages in the Solomyan district. In addition, the administrative building was destroyed in the Holosiiv district, as a result of which 4 cars and a warehouse were damaged by the debris,” rescuers said.

Kyiv region was also hit by Russia: now it is known about 4 dead and 27 injured in Vyshgorod district. Another 6 energy workers, according to the head of the regional police Andriy Nebytov, were injured due to a rocket attack on critical infrastructure. A photo of the consequences of an attack on a residential building in Vyshgorod was made public by the head of the regional administration Oleksiy Kuleba.

On November 23, Russian troops fired 70 cruise missiles over Ukraine. The air defense system destroyed 51 missiles and five kamikaze drones.

In particular, the energy infrastructure suffered. The shelling of Russia led to a temporary blackout of all nuclear power plants, most thermal and hydroelectric plants. Emergency power outages continue throughout Ukraine.

On November 23, the Russian army carried out a massive missile attack on the Kyiv region

One of the rockets hit a multi-story residential building in Vyshgorod. This is reported by the Prosecutor General’s Office.

According to preliminary data, four people died and more than 20 were injured. Information about the dead and wounded is being clarified.

The private residential sector in the village of Chabany of the Fastiv district was also damaged by enemy shelling. There are missiles hitting critical infrastructure in the region.

Prosecutors, investigators, experts, employees of the police and emergency services work at the scene of events.

Criminal proceedings have been opened for violations of the laws and customs of war (parts 1, 2 of article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

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The number of people injured as a result of enemy rockets hitting the Kyiv region on Wednesday increased to 35, including six children.

This was informed by the head of the police of the capital region, Andriy Nebytov, Ukrinform reports.

“35 victims, 4 of them died when a rocket hit the Vyshhorod region. These are the latest data on enemy shelling. The worst thing is that among the victims there are 6 children, the youngest girl is 5 years old. Fortunately, the child has minor physical injuries, but we understand how severe the psychological injuries will remain. Another 4 houses were damaged by the explosion,” said Nebitov.

He noted that the police continue to provide assistance.

“We are on the entire perimeter, at every entrance. We will not allow the facts of looting,” the official clarified.

As reported, Nebytov recently informed that the number of dead after an enemy missile hit in the Kyiv region has increased to four people, injured – to 27.

In turn, the deputy head of the Office of the President, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, said that the number of people killed after an enemy missile hit the Kyiv region has increased to five. Kuleba: 35 victims in Kyiv region, 31 in Vyshgorod As a result of massive enemy shelling on November 23, 35 victims are currently known in the Kyiv region. 

Oleksiy Kuleba, head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration: “35 injured as a result of massive enemy shelling: 31 people in Vyshgorod. The injured are in hospitals, everyone is being helped. Rescuers and the police are working at the place of arrival. An Invincibility Point is organized nearby.

At the same time, local Vyshgorod publics report 5 victims as a result of enemy shelling.

There is no electricity in the city, at 10:00 p.m. and until 05:00 a.m. on November 24, there will be no water supply in Vyshgorod either.

According to Kuleba, residents with shrapnel wounds refuse help and provide it to those who need it more.

In Chabany, one person was injured and a private house was destroyed.

One person was injured in Glevakha.

Ukrainka has three. All are under medical supervision.

Regarding electricity, Kuleba notes that energy companies provide electricity in the Right Bank Kyiv Oblast and are already reviving the Left Bank.