<h6><strong>Eduardo González</strong></h6> <h4><strong>Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares condemned on Friday, January 9, the "indiscriminate attacks" carried out early that morning by Russia against Ukraine, which left at least four dead in the capital, Kyiv.</strong></h4> "I strongly condemn the indiscriminate attacks this morning against Ukraine," wrote Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares on social media. "My solidarity with the victims and all the Ukrainian people!" he continued. "Faced with terror, we remain united and firm in our support for Ukraine to achieve a just and lasting peace," he concluded. Russia carried out a massive attack early this morning that damaged twenty buildings in Kyiv, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on social media. "Unfortunately, for now, we know that four people have died in the capital alone, including a member of the ambulance crew," the president stated. “In total, there were 242 drones last night,” he said. “In addition, the firing of thirteen ballistic missiles targeting energy facilities and civilian infrastructure, an Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile (with hypersonic speed and nuclear capability, in this case in the west of the country), as well as 22 cruise missiles was also recorded,” the president denounced. “The attack took place right in the middle of a significant cold wave and was directed precisely against the normal lives of ordinary people,” he asserted. “A clear reaction from the world is needed, especially from the United States, to whose signals Russia actually pays attention,” Zelensky warned. “Russia must receive signals that it is its obligation to focus on diplomacy and must feel the consequences every time it returns to focusing on killings and the destruction of infrastructure,” he added. “Today’s attack also serves as a very strong reminder to all our partners that supporting Ukraine’s air defense is a permanent priority,” he continued. Zelensky himself had warned on Thursday evening of the risk of an imminent “massive Russian attack,” after Russia rejected a European plan for the deployment of a force. Multinational forces in Ukraine after a potential end to the war. For its part, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported this Friday that the Russian Army had attacked “strategic targets” in Ukraine overnight using nuclear-capable hypersonic missiles. It offered no further details about the targets or the scope of the attacks, but did assert that they were carried out in retaliation for an alleged drone attack on a residence of President Vladimir Putin. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has labeled this alleged Ukrainian attack on the president's residence in the Novgorod region as “terrorist” and has warned that “Russia's negotiating positions will be reviewed.”
