{"id":2383582,"date":"2024-12-25T17:12:57","date_gmt":"2024-12-25T22:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-blasts-russias-inhumane-christmas-day-attack-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-25T17:14:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-25T22:14:31","slug":"zelensky-blasts-russias-inhumane-christmas-day-attack-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-blasts-russias-inhumane-christmas-day-attack-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky blasts Russia\u2019s \u2018inhumane\u2019 Christmas Day attack &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fzelensky-blasts-russias-inhumane-christmas-day-attack-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2383582&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr zelensky condemned\u2063 a recent attack by russia as &#8220;inhumane,&#8221; which\u2063 occurred\u200c on \u2064Christmas Day and targeted Ukraine&#8217;s energy\u200d infrastructure. In his statement, Zelensky emphasized that the timing of the strike was deliberate, noting that over 70 missiles and more \u200bthan 100 \u200cdrones were launched at Ukraine, resulting in meaningful power outages for\u200b thousands\u200b of \u2062citizens. He highlighted that over 50 missiles were intercepted by Ukrainian defenses. The attack, he argued, was\u200b part of Russia&#8217;s ongoing \u2063efforts to\u200b create \u200dblackouts\u2062 in Ukraine, underscoring\u200d the calculated nature of such strikes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Zelensky blasts Russia&rsquo;s &lsquo;inhumane&rsquo; Christmas Day attack<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1920385\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ukrainian\">Ukrainian<\/a> President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/volodymyr-zelensky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> called an attack carried out by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Russian\">Russian<\/a> President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vladimir-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ukrainian\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> on the country&rsquo;s energy infrastructure that left thousands with power outages on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/christmas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Christmas Day\">Christmas Day<\/a> &ldquo;inhumane.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Today, Putin deliberately chose Christmas for an attack,&rdquo; Zelensky <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/1871826731666985172\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a> in a Wednesday post on X. &ldquo;What could be more inhumane? Over 70 missiles, including ballistic ones, and more than a hundred attack drones. The targets are our energy infrastructure. They continue to fight for a blackout in Ukraine.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Russia launched more than 70 missiles on Wednesday, including ballistic missiles, and more than 100 attack drones targeting Ukraine&rsquo;s energy infrastructure, he said, adding more than 50 missiles were shot down along with a &ldquo;significant&rdquo; number of drones.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3222295\/trump-victory-questions-ukraine-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>TRUMP VICTORY RAISES QUESTIONS OVER FUTURE OF UKRAINE MILITARY AID<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Every massive Russian strike requires time for preparation. It is never a spontaneous decision. It is a deliberate choice &ndash; not only of targets but also of timing and date.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Putin deliberately chose Christmas for an attack. What could be more inhumane? Over 70 missiles,&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GMD8rTomoX\">pic.twitter.com\/GMD8rTomoX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Volodymyr Zelenskyy \/ &#1042;&#1086;&#1083;&#1086;&#1076;&#1080;&#1084;&#1080;&#1088; &#1047;&#1077;&#1083;&#1077;&#1085;&#1089;&#1100;&#1082;&#1080;&#1081; (@ZelenskyyUa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/1871826731666985172?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Unfortunately, there are hits. As of now, there are blackouts in several regions,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine&rsquo;s air force <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kpszsu\/posts\/pfbid0hXuMPHKBjgZX8pawMbQ2qVGYE6XQHTgavDzx2Zuwv2MKtB1tNMKxmG7Vefx95WBHl?rdid=pMPG45mBfhxPUyM1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reported<\/a> Russia attacked the country&rsquo;s energy and fuel supplies with 78 air and ground missiles and 106 Shahed drones. The military said it intercepted 59 missiles and 54 drones.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the attack, one person <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/s\/dnepr_operativ\/77268\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">died<\/a> in the Dnipropetrovsk region, while six others were injured in Kharkiv, which is less than 20 miles from the Russian border, according to Ukraine&rsquo;s national police.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3109445\/bidens-trump-proofing-foreign-policy-revolves-around-ukraine-nato\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>BIDEN&rsquo;S &lsquo;TRUMP-PROOFING&rsquo; FOREIGN POLICY REVOLVES AROUND UKRAINE AND NATO<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, shakes hands with CIA director William Burns in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Russia&rsquo;s military launched at least 12 missile strikes on &ldquo;critical&rdquo; infrastructure according to regional governor Oleh Syniehubov <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/s\/synegubov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">in a post <\/a>on Telegram. He also said about half a million people in the Kharkiv region are without electricity.<\/p>\n<p>The attack marks the thirteenth time this year that Russia has targeted Ukraine&rsquo;s power grid, according to DTEK, the country&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-power-crisis-ahead-natural-gas-imports-increase-following-democrat-driven-pipeline-shutdowns\/\" title=\"American Power Crisis Ahead: Natural Gas Imports Increase Following Democrat-Driven Pipeline Shutdowns\">largest energy provider<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are no depths to which Russia will not sink. Denying light and warmth to millions of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">peace-loving people<\/a> as they celebrate Christmas is a depraved and evil act that must be answered,&rdquo; Maxim Timchenko, DTEK&rsquo;s CEO, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TimchenkoMaxim\/status\/1871814339897749956\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a> Wednesday on X. &ldquo;We appeal to every ally of Ukraine to end this state-sponsored terrorism now by giving our armed forces the air defence ammunition they need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-calls-russian-christmas-day-attack-inhumane-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Zelensky calls Russian Christmas Day attack \u2018inhumane\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">protect essential energy infrastructure<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the Russian city of Vladikavkaz across the border, one woman died and three others were injured from a fire caused by a drone on Wednesday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-missile-energy-infrastructure-christmas-906dafcdbc66bc4976b0428a5cc0d263\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reporting<\/a> from the <em>Associated Press.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Christmas Day attack comes after a deadly Russian strike on the city of Kryvyi Rih the day before, where a ballistic missile struck an apartment building and killed at least one person in the Zelensky&rsquo;s hometown.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1920385\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1920385\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zelensky condemns Russia&#8217;s &#8216;inhumane&#8217; Christmas attack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2383583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/zelenskyy.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[47392,18939,4280,32076,8630],"class_list":["post-2383582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-christmas-day-attack","tag-inhumane","tag-russia","tag-washington-examiner","tag-zelensky"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/zelenskyy.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2383582"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2383586,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383582\/revisions\/2383586"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2383583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2383582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2383582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2383582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}