During today's massive missile attack by the Russian Federation, 54 missiles and 11 attack drones were shot down.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said this in his traditional video address in the evening of December 29.

"First of all, I want to thank our Air Force fighters, the Ukrainian Air Defense Forces, who successfully repelled another Russian attack today. Our soldiers throughout Ukraine have distinguished themselves, and I thank all our Air Commands: "Center", "South", "East" and "West". , - said the head of state.

Zelenskyi especially praised the soldiers of the 96th Kyiv, 160th Odesa, and 208th Kherson anti-aircraft missile brigades, whose results he called the greatest.

"Unfortunately, we also had a few hits. Our energy engineers and repair crews are doing everything during the day so that Ukrainians feel the consequences of the terrorist attack as little as possible. And I thank everyone who works for the restoration of energy supply," he assured.

According to the president, as of this evening, there are power outages in most regions of Ukraine.

It is especially difficult in Kyiv region and the capital, in Lviv region, in Odesa and the region, in Kherson and the region, in Vinnytsia and Transcarpathia.

Zelensky noted that despite the missile strikes, the state authorities continue to work.

"But this cannot be compared to what could have happened if it were not for our heroic anti-aircraft fighters and anti-aircraft defense. With each such missile attack, Russia only drives itself deeper into a dead end. They have fewer and fewer missiles. Instead, the status of the biggest terrorist in the world will remain for a long time. will have consequences for Russia and its citizens. And each missile only confirms that all this must end in a tribunal. That's how it will be," he concluded.

Rocket attack on December 29

We will remind that today the Russian occupiers once again launched a massive missile attack on the territory of Ukraine

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