Today's massive shelling of Ukraine's energy system by Russia serves as a stark response to those advocating for an illusionary "Christmas truce," Andrii Sybiha, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine,

Moscow has launched a massive missile barrage on Christmas Day, with the aim of crippling energy infrastructure sites across Ukraine.

Russian forces have attacked Ukraine with 60 drones over the past 24 hours. Ukrainian air defence units have shot down 36 UAVs, while 23 decoy drones have disappeared from radar due to electronic warfare countermeasures.

In this image provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024, firefighters work on a site of an apartment building destroyed by a Russian attack in Kryvyi

Russia launched aerial attacks on Ukraine’s energy sector “on a massive scale” overnight into Wednesday, local authorities said, with explosions reported across the country amid intensified bombardments that have left Ukraine in a precarious position while the war grinds into a third winter.

Ukraine's Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko has reported that Russian forces are conducting a large-scale attack on Ukraine's energy system. Source: Halushchenko on Facebook; Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne Quote from Halushchenko: "The enemy is once again launching a large-scale attack on our energy infrastructure.

Ukrainian cities have been subjected to large-scale attacks on Christmas morning by Russian ballistic and cruise missiles