Russia's 'inhumane' Christmas attack on Ukraine leads to power shortages, Zelenskyy says
By: Max Griera (POLITICO)
Zelensky is correct; Russia did deliberately target Ukraine on Dec. 25. But Russia and Ukraine had traditionally celebrated Christmas on Jan. 7th based on the calendar of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Zelensky summarily outlawed the Eastern Orthodox Church in 2023. So, yes, Russia did send a message on Dec. 25th.
Now does everyone recall the bleating that Zelensky couldn't be a NAZI because he is Jewish? A Jew complaining about a Christmas attack after outlawing the traditional celebration of Christmas in Ukraine as a propaganda move. Zelensky and Putin are masters of puerile Soviet propaganda. Nikita Khrushchev would be so proud.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has condemned what he called an "inhumane" Christmas Day Russian drone strike.
"Every massive Russian strike requires time for preparation. It is never a spontaneous decision," he said Wednesday.
The Ukrainian defense ministry said Russia launched 78 missiles and 106 drones, of which it shot down 113. Nonetheless, Zelensky said there were power "outages in several regions."
"The targets are our energy infrastructure. They continue to fight for a blackout in Ukraine," Zelenskyy added.
Ukrainian energy minister German Galushchenko said on Facebook that the transmission system operator took "the necessary consumption restriction measures to minimize the negative consequences for the energy system."
Taking a dig at Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Ukrainian foreign minister Andrei Sybiha said on X that "this Christmas terror is Putin's response to those who spoke about illusionary 'Christmas ceasefire.'" In days leading up to Christmas, Orban had campaigned for a cease-fire between Russia and Ukraine, which Zelenskyy dismissed during an EU leaders summit he attended on Dec. 19.
Half a million people in the ravaged Kharkiv region were left without heating, while there were blackouts in Kyiv, according to media reports.
Ukraine in 2023 changed the date for Christmas from Jan. 7 — the date observed by the Russian Orthodox Church — to Dec. 25 as a means of stepping away from Russia's religious and cultural influence.
"Russian evil will not break Ukraine and will not spoil Christmas," Zelenskyy concluded.
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Volodymyr Zelensky is trying to become the Josip Broz Tito of Ukraine. Just ignore what happened to Yugoslavia.
Depends on when and how much the Russian military generals and the Russian people have had enough of Putin's war to nowhere.
Dear, oh, dear, how will Russia survive the coming European recession?
Have you noticed how Europe has quickly tilted toward the political right since Biden dragged the western alliance into the Ukrainian quagmire? But, hey, Sweden and Finland will defend western democracy against illiberal liberalism.
That would be a good thing since Tito backed both Stalin and Krevchev down.
That's correct. Tito instituted a policy of non-alignment. Stalin kicked Yugoslavia out of the Soviet Union. But non-alignment didn't transform Yugoslavia into a western democracy or an ally of Europe and the United States.
Where is Yugoslavia today? Or has that become a bit of European history best forgotten?
No, it didn’t change them into a democracy but better off compared to the iron curtain countries, they had a lot of freedoms and were much more advanced than Russia. There were the first non aligned country.
There is no Yugoslavia today just as there was no Yugoslavia before WWl it was forced confederation by the western powers after WWl. When Serbia decided it wanted to become the Serbian empire of per WWI in the 1990 it was the end of Yugoslavia. Today, there are independent countries and part of NATO with the exception of Serbia.
None of this has anything to do with Ukraine and Russia.