Russian Missiles, Drones Strike Targets Across Country, Ukrainian Officials Assert

Russia carried out a wide-ranging aerial attack—using both missiles and drones—on “critical infrastructure” across Ukraine, Ukrainian officials reported on Dec. 29. “This was a massive attack,” Yuriy Ihnat, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force, said in televised remarks. In a social media post, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed Russia had struck targets across the country “with everything … in its arsenal.” Upwards of 110 missiles had been fired, he said, most of which were downed by Ukrainian air defenses. If confirmed, the attack represents one of the biggest single aerial barrages by Russia since launching its invasion of eastern Ukraine early last year....