Kiev knows that they are lost. Might as well go out with a BANG that shows everybody how much of the aggressors they really are.
Kiev might have conquered Russia at some time in the past, but you see that the Russians have straightened things out.
it is not easy to understand what will happen in future times, things could change and they could happen quickly, the fact is that Putin seems to be focused and going straight in his decision, so the war will happen and it also seems that he is intent on winning it
Russia didn't simply retaliate for Ukrainian aggression this time. Rather, Putin did their big push for two other reasons:
1. To show the world that Ukraine is at their mercy;
2. To calm things down a little so that the Russian troops can take the Russian Christmas (January 7) 'off', sort of, while Ukraine tries to regroup... do they have anybody left to regroup?
Watch Ukraine do more damage to themselves after their regrouping, by attacking Russia in some other way. Other nations live and learn. Why not Ukraine?
For a while, this looked like a civil war. But it's beginning to look like Mommy spanking the unruly Child.
Holiday Darkness: Massive Russian Christmas Day Attack Targets Multiple Energy Systems, Triggering Blackouts All Over Ukraine
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/12/holiday-darkness-massive-russian-christmas-day-attack-targets/For the second year, Ukrainians were trying to celebrate Christmas on December 25th, a new date differing from long-established Orthodox Calendar that takes place on January 7th – in a bid to 'erase Russian influence'.
But for many, there was opportunity for merriment, as Russian forces enacted yet another massive air raid all over Ukraine, targeting the power infrastructure.
Reuters reported:
"Russia attacked Ukraine's energy system and some cities with cruise and ballistic missiles plus drones on Wednesday in an "inhuman" Christmas Day assault, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said."
[…] Half a million people in Kharkiv region were left without heating, in temperatures just a few degrees Celsius above zero, while there were blackouts in the capital Kyiv and elsewhere."
Since the spring, Russia has intensified attacks on the Ukrainian energy sector damaging most of its generating capacity and causing prolonged blackouts.
"Ukraine's Energy Minister German Galushchenko said on Facebook that Russia was massively attacking the power sector and that restrictions on electricity supply were in place.
[…] Ukraine's largest private energy company DTEK said its generating facilities were attacked, with power equipment seriously damaged, in the 13th large-scale assault on the energy sector this year."
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The moment of a powerful Russian strike on Nazi targets in Kharkov (Nazi Ukraine)
11 explosions in 26 minutes
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