“On the evening of December 24, a Russian attack on the Shevchenkiv district of Kharkiv caused a fire and injured at least one person, local authorities reported. According to officials, the attacks were aimed at critical infrastructure that provides the city with heat and water”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Today, the enemy is hitting critical infrastructure facilities that provide heat and hot and cold water to the townspeople all day long. The target of the last two airstrikes in the Slobidsky and Shevchenkivskyi districts were also precisely such objects. The goal is clear – to destroy the energy island that we have been building over the past years, and try to plunge our city, all of us, into cold and darkness,” wrote Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov.
The Russian military regularly attacks Ukrainian regions with various types of weapons – attack UAVs, rockets, anti-aircraft missiles, and anti-aircraft missiles.
The leadership of Russia denies that the Russian army during a full-scale war inflicts targeted strikes on the civilian infrastructure of the cities and villages of Ukraine, killing the civilian population and destroying hospitals, schools, kindergartens, energy and water supply facilities.
The Ukrainian authorities and international organizations qualify these strikes as war crimes of the Russian Federation and emphasize that they are purposeful in nature.