Russia launched its 'most massive' missile barrage against Ukrainian cities since the beginning of its invasion earlier this year, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said.
of at least one missile being shot down by a Ukrainian soldier armed with an Igla MANPADS.What they're saying:
"They dream that Ukrainians will celebrate the New Year in darkness and cold. But they cannot defeat the Ukrainian people," Ukraine's Defense Ministry"Senseless barbarism. These are the only words that come to mind seeing Russia launch another missile barrage at peaceful Ukrainian cities ahead of New Year," Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba"There can be no ‘neutrality’ in the face of such mass war crimes.
, an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky, said Russia launched more than 120 missiles in total in an attempt to "destroy critical infrastructure [and] kill civilians en masse."President Biden announced earlier this month that the U.S. would supply Ukraine with one Patriot missile defense battery.
The Patriot system will be the most advanced air defense system sent to the country since the war began and would help it further repel future missile barrages. Other countries, like France and Germany, have given Ukraine various missile defense systems, too, in response to
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