Russian missiles wreaked havoc on energy infrastructure and killed one person in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson.

Russian missile kills at least one person, injures three others and damages energy infrastructure in southern Ukraine pass through Ukraine.

Kherson Governor announced the casualties on Wednesday morning.

Local authorities and the air force also reported missile overflights in the eastern, central, southern and western regions.

Oleh Syniehubov, the governor of northeastern Ukraine, said that a missile attack hit the city of Kharkiv, injuring at least six people.

The Ukrainian Air Force said the missile fired at Kharkiv was a ballistic missile.

Meanwhile, Dnipropetrovsk Region Governor Serhiy Lysak said Russia’s goal is to build a power grid.

Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushenko said on Facebook that Russia was “ongoing a massive attack on the power sector” and that transmission system operators had restricted power supplies to minimize the impact.

DTEK, the country’s largest private energy company, said its power generation facilities were attacked during the strike, causing serious damage to electrical equipment.

“This is the 13th large-scale attack on Ukraine’s energy sector this year and the 10th large-scale attack on the company’s energy facilities,” DTEK said on Telegram.

DTEK CEO Maxim Timchenko said on X that Ukraine’s allies must provide it with more advanced air defense systems to protect vital energy infrastructure.

Ongoing attacks on energy infrastructure

Ukrainian President Zelensky said on the 10th that Russian attacks caused power outages in many areas.

For months, Russia has stepped up attacks on Ukraine’s energy sector, damaging nearly half of its power generation capacity.

Every major Russian attack takes time to prepare. It was never a spontaneous decision. It was a carefully considered choice—not only the choice of target, but also the choice of time and date.

Today, Putin specifically chose Christmas as a target. What could be more inhumane than this? More than 70 missiles… pic.twitter.com/GMD8rTomoX

— Vladimir Zelensky/Vladimir Zelensky (@ZelenskyyUa) December 25, 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin promised earlier this week to “destroy” Ukraine Ukrainian drone attacks residential building In the Russian city of Kazan.

Ukraine has frequently called on its allies to provide more capable air defense systems to thwart Russian attacks on the war-torn country’s power system.

Last month, Washington Approval for Ukraine to use U.S.-made products The long-range missiles aimed at military targets in Russia prompted fierce rhetoric and vows of retaliation from Moscow.

In November, Russia fired nearly 200 missiles and drones into Ukraine’s energy grid, with President Zelensky claiming to have launched “cluster munitions” in what he called a “despicable escalation” in the nearly three-year war.

both sides scrambling Before Donald Trump became president of the United States in January.

The Republican president-elect has promised a swift end to the conflict but has offered no concrete terms for a ceasefire or peace deal.

Moscow’s army claims to have captured more than 190 Ukrainian settlements this year, while Kiev struggles to hold on to its defenses amid shortages of manpower and ammunition.