Abdul Jalil Abdurasulov
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Syria: thousands celebrate 'Victory Day'
Well, according to Ukrainian Air Force, Russia launched 94 missiles and about 200 drones. And they're saying that the air defense systems managed to intercept 81 missiles, which means that 13 of them did manage to pass through the air defense systems and hit their targets.
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Syria: thousands celebrate 'Victory Day'
We know that some of the energy facilities were hit and the authorities are saying that the thermal power plant in the western part of Ukraine was damaged during the strikes. And one of the areas that Russian missiles targeted, allegedly, that is the town where the country's biggest gas reserve facility is located, the underground facility.
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Syria: thousands celebrate 'Victory Day'
and that place is crucial for maintaining heating systems across the country. And, of course, now it's really cold. The temperatures at night go below zero, and Russia continues targeting these energy facilities. It will make the situation here even more difficult. And Russia claims that they are responding to Ukraine's attack on...
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Syria: thousands celebrate 'Victory Day'
On its air base in Taganrog, according to the defense ministry, they said that this was their response when Ukrainian military used U.S.-provided Atacams missiles to hit that air base. However, of course, this is not the first time when Russia launches such massive airstrikes. And as you mentioned, this is the 12th massive aerial attack that Russia has done this year.
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Syria: thousands celebrate 'Victory Day'
I must say that they're fairly good at it, at least judging from what I am seeing. When we see those destructions, usually the emergency workers and repair workers, they arrive at the site and already the authorities are saying that those power plants that were damaged during the strike, the repair work is already going on.
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Syria: thousands celebrate 'Victory Day'
And of course there is a problem that the Russian military may use so-called strategy of double tap when they strike the same place repeatedly. twice in a short period of time. And that, of course, delays this whole process when the emergency workers and when the repair workers are vulnerable to another strike. And their work may be disrupted by such threats as well.
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Syria: thousands celebrate 'Victory Day'
At this stage now, the authorities in Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine introduced emergency power cuts in order to provide the energy to other regions that were affected even worse than Kyiv. And we know that the power plants, the nuclear power plants, reduce their output as part of the emergency measures.