According to the Minister of Defense, the availability of the necessary weapons will guarantee that “Russian murderers will be punished and expelled from Ukraine.”

Ukraine will be able to prevent such barbaric shelling, which Russia carried out in Kherson today, if there are more weapons and ammunition.

According to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Oleksiy Reznikov, our country needs more means of counter-battery warfare, more artillery and long-range ammunition to protect itself from Russia and avoid such tragedies.

“The barbaric shelling of Kherson by Russian terrorists is not only another war crime, but also revenge for its residents, who resisted the occupation and proved to the whole world that Kherson is Ukraine,” Reznikov noted.

He emphasized that the availability of the necessary weapons in Ukraine will guarantee that “Russian murderers will be punished and expelled from Ukraine.”

The Minister of Defense also recalled that the Convention on the Laws and Customs of War on Land prohibits the attack or bombardment of undefended towns, villages, houses or buildings. “But the Russian occupiers don’t care,” Reznikov said.

Shelling of Kherson on December 24

As reported, in the morning of December 24, the Russians shelled the center of Kherson. It is known that as a result of yet another military crime by the Russian army, 35 people were injured and eight Ukrainians died. Later, the head of Kherson OV Yaroslav Yanushevich said that the terrorist attack by the Russians took the lives of 10 people, 55 Kherson residents were injured, and a significant number were in serious condition.

Later, Roman Holovnya, the adviser to the mayor of the city, said that the situation in Kherson after the Russian shelling remains difficult. According to him, they fired at places of mass gathering of people – a market, a supermarket.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the morning shelling of Kherson on the eve of Christmas, when there are many people on the street, terror and murder. The head of state emphasized that the world should see and understand what absolute evil Ukraine is fighting against.

The US Ambassador to Ukraine Brigitte Brink condemned today’s shelling by the Russian occupiers of Kherson. According to her, it is terrible, especially on the eve of Christmas.