Russia Launches Massive Missile, Drone Strike Against Ukrainian Energy Facilities

A massive Russian air strike on Ukrainian energy facilities using Kh-101 strategic cruise missiles and Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic missiles was conducted today in the Kiev and Odessa regions.

Ahead of the strike, anti-aircraft missile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces over the regions was depleted by a massive night raid by the Geran-2 kamikaze UAV and the Parodiya decoy UAV.

Attack in Response to Ukrainian ATACMS missiles strike: Kremlin

Russia's strike on energy facilities in Ukraine was carried out in response to Kiev's use of American long-range weapons (on a facility in Taganrog that services A-50 AWACS aircraft on December 11), Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters today.

Airfield training Ukrainian pilots on F-16s hit

The attacks also included a closed airfield in Kiev, where future pilots of the American F-16AM Block 20 MLU are trained, and where hangars and warehouses with weapons are located.

Missiles hit a plant for the production of drones and repair of helicopters in the suburbs of Boryspil. An underground warehouse at a military airfield in Starokostiantyniv, Khmelnytskyi region, was liquidated.

Russia launched some 290 missiles and drones across multiple regions, Ukrainian media said quoting emergency services. "The enemy continues its terror. Once again, the energy sector across Ukraine is under massive attack," Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said.

Explosions were  reported in the Odesa, Vinnytsia, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Cherkasy oblasts. Russian forces deployed cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and the Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missiles, the Air Force reported.