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Lviv & Kiev Plunged Into Darkness After ‘Massive’ Missile Attack; Ukrainian S-300 Lands In Belarus<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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Ukraine has been hit with a “massive” attack of\u00a0over 120 missiles across the country<\/strong>\u00a0Thursday, its military and presidency’s office said. “December 29. Massive missiles attack… The enemy is attacking Ukraine from various directions with\u00a0air and sea-based cruise missiles<\/strong>\u00a0from strategic aircraft and ships,” Ukraine’s air force said in a public statement.<\/p>\n

It marks the largest barrage of missiles since there was weekend talk from both sides of mutual ‘openness’ in getting to the negotiating table. Ukrainian leadership floated the proposal of UN-brokered talks by the end of February, but its insistence on Russian officials facing a war crimes tribunal first was seen in Moscow as not serious and a non-starter.<\/p>\n

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Social media footage showing missile contrails over Kiev.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Regardless, at this point, Thursday’s fresh aerial attack effectively\u00a0slams the door shut on the possibility of talks<\/strong>. According to a blistering statement from\u00a0Zelensky aide Mykhaylo Podolyak, the missiles were\u00a0launched<\/a>:<\/p>\n

…by the “evil Russian world” to destroy critical infrastructure & kill civilians en masse. We\u2019re waiting for further proposals from “peacekeepers” about “peaceful settlement”, “security guarantees for Russian Federation” & undesirability of provocations.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thus with the obvious sarcasm Zelensky’s office has clearly signaled talks at this point are all but an impossibility from its point of view.<\/p>\n

The Ukrainian military said missiles reached\u00a0as far West as Lviv<\/strong>, parts of which were left without electricity Thursday morning.\u00a0“Ninety percent of the city is without electricity,”<\/strong>\u00a0Lviv’s mayor\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0in a social media post. “We are waiting for more information from energy experts. Trams and trolleybuses are not running in the city.”<\/p>\n