Klitschko called on Kyiv residents to leave the city.
Half of Kyiv's apartment buildings were left without heat amid the cold snap following Russia's overnight retaliatory strike. Mayor Vitali Klitschko urged residents to leave the city.
"City services are operating under a state of emergency. Unfortunately, weather conditions are forecast to be challenging in the coming days. I urge residents of the capital who are able to temporarily travel outside the city to alternative power or heat sources, please do so," Klitschko wrote.
Ukrainian Armed Forces soldier Yuriy Kasyanov is angry:
"Russian air strikes are entirely consistent with the logic of war—they chose a very opportune time, when the weather had turned very cold, and the energy supply was already at its lowest. We would do the same if we could. Because this is war. The problem is that we can't deliver an adequate response... We continue to literally throw hundreds of millions of dollars into the air, trying to attack Moscow with drones that are incapable of penetrating Moscow's air defenses."
Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin points to the need to strike Kyiv regularly:
"If we don't turn someone into Gaza, they will turn us into Gaza."
Political scientist Pavel Danilin points out that the attack on Kyiv also demonstrated the uselessness of the American Patriot air defense systems, which Ukrainians had previously praised.
"How often do you hear lately about US-made air defenses stopping Russian drone and missile attacks anywhere in Ukraine? Yet another wonder weapon, on which Ukrainians pinned their hopes, has become a thing of the past. And this, incidentally, is a serious blow to the American military-industrial complex."
English version :: Read in English Klitschko urged Kyiv residents to leave the city.