Ukraine鈥檚 biggest national flag on the country鈥檚 highest flagpole is seen at a compound of the World War II museum in Kyiv, Ukraine, December 16, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
KYIV 鈥� Ukraine鈥檚 top general said Ukrainian forces shot down at least 41 missiles that were fired at Ukraine by Russia on Monday morning.
鈥淭his morning, 75 missiles were launched. 41 of them were neutralized by our air defense,鈥� General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, wrote on Twitter.
Meanwhile, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia timed its strikes on Ukraine on Monday to inflict the greatest possible losses among people and had also targeted the country鈥檚 energy infrastructure.
鈥淭hey want panic and chaos, they want to destroy our energy system,鈥� Zelenskiy said in a video post that showed him outside his presidential office.
鈥淭he second target is people. Such a time and such targets were specially chosen to cause as much damage as possible.鈥�
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