World could implement five measures after 2 new large-scale Russian attacks on Ukraine - Kuleba

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is waiting for Western countries to react and take decisive measures after another large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine on 2 January.

"Putin escalates terror against Ukraine. Today was the second mass missile strike in just four days. Civilian infrastructure has been damaged; people, including children, have been injured and killed. We expect all states to strongly condemn the attack and take resolute action," Kuleba said in a post on his X account.

Putin escalates terror against Ukraine. Today was already the second mass missile strike in just four days. Civilian infrastructure has been damaged; people, including children, have been injured and killed.

We expect all states to strongly condemn the attack and take resolute… pic.twitter.com/Yx3JRmzCJL

— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) January 2, 2024

Background

Russia launched a massive missile attack on Ukraine on the morning of 2 January. Missile debris has crashed in the Pecherskyi, Obolonskyi, Holosiivskyi, and Sviatoshynskyi districts of the city of Kyiv. There were also hits in Kharkiv.

Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reported that the Russians had launched 99 missiles of various types at Ukraine on the night of 1-2 January 2024, 72 of which were destroyed.

Bridget Brink, US Ambassador to Ukraine, said it was "urgent and critical" to support Ukraine now to stop Putin amid a new Russian large-scale attack on the morning of Tuesday, 2 January.

Poland scrambled its F-16 fighter jets due to a new Russian large-scale attack on 2 January.