Ukraine calls on its partners to act to prevent the genocide of the Ukrainian people in front of the whole world. This was stated by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal during a Government meeting on December 16.

“Today, russian terrorists have shelled our energy infrastructure for the ninth time. We consider this terrorist activity of the russian leadership as another attempt to commit genocide of the Ukrainian people. They kill our women and children, destroy civilian infrastructure, shell houses, roads, power grids. They have set a goal to leave Ukrainians without light, water and heat. The world should definitely respond to these actions of russia with quick and decisive steps,” stressed Denys Shmyhal.

The Prime Minister emphasized that the country needs weapons to protect people, infrastructure and critical facilities. There must be strong and adequate sanctions for every shelling.

Denys Shmyhal noted that today the air defense forces did not allow the enemy to plunge Ukraine into darkness. 60 out of 76 missiles were shot down: “We thank the defenders of the Ukrainian sky for this.”

At the same time, he stressed that Ukrainian defenders need more weapons, and power engineers need more equipment.

“There are damaged energy facilities again – high-voltage substations and electricity generation. Once again there is a serious shortage in the power system. And now emergency blackouts are applied almost throughout the country,” the Prime Minister said.