Russian war criminal Vladimir Putin commented on the attacks on the Ukrainian energy system, which on Thursday led to the complete destruction of the large Trypillya thermal power plant in the Kyiv region (the Russian Ministry of Defense previously admitted the fact of such a choice of targets).
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Putin, during a conversation with another dictator, the so-called leader of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, called the attacks on power plants a response to Ukrainian attacks on fuel facilities in Russia. Putin also explained these actions as a desire to “demilitarize” the Ukrainian defense industry, which he stated as one of the goals of the invasion in February 2022.
“Unfortunately, we recently witnessed a series of attacks on our energy facilities and were forced to respond,” Russian propagandists quote Putin as saying.
He said the attacks were part of Russia’s goal to “demilitarize” Ukraine as the attacks affected Kyiv’s military industry. Moscow, he said, refrained from carrying out such attacks in the winter “for humanitarian reasons.”
Russia has in recent weeks stepped up attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. On the morning of April 11, a combined strike by drones and missiles completely destroyed the Trypilska Thermal Power Plant located 20 kilometers from Kyiv.
President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky emphasized that Ukraine’s need for air defense is critical.
We need air defense and other defense support, not closed eyes and long discussions,” he noted.
Explaining why the Russian army is attacking the energy system of Ukraine right now, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Energy and Housing and Public Utilities Andriy Gerus says that Russia has accumulated a sufficient number of newly developed high-precision missiles, which can only be shot down by Patriot complexes, of which Ukraine does not have enough ammunition. is also obviously missing.
Source: Racurs
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