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[Korrespondent] 22:37 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that two Tochka-U missiles and seven Vilkha MLRS missiles were allegedly shot down over the Belgorod region.
21:52 One of the Russian missiles that flew to Kiev today hit a village in the Voronezh region. This case is not the only one. Ukrainian experts admit that up to 20% of Russian missiles do not reach their targets. Read more in the article How many missiles fail to reach Ukraine .
21:05 In Kiev, the warhead of a Russian missile ended up in a hospital where military personnel are undergoing rehabilitation, the command of the Medical Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. The debris got stuck in the floor of the first floor and did not explode. The warhead was neutralized by sappers.
20:56 In the attack on Kiev, the Russians used the X-101 missile, launched in the fourth quarter of 2023. Experts suggest that the long pause between massive attacks was due precisely to the fact that the Russians wanted to accumulate more missiles for large-scale attacks. Read about how Moscow is increasing weapons production despite Western sanctions in the article New Missiles .
19:24 Russia launched a missile strike on the territory of one of the enterprises in the Krivoy Rog district of the Dnepropetrovsk region, no people were injured, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak. In addition, during the day, the Russian army fired artillery and kamikaze drones at Nikopol, Krasnogrigoryevskaya, Pokrovskaya rural, and Marganetskaya communities. There are casualties and destruction. According to updated information, a total of 19 private houses, a transport enterprise and an energy facility were damaged.
18:39 Over the past five days, Russia has fired at least 500 missiles and drones into Ukraine, Zelensky said in a telephone conversation with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The President thanked London for its “significant and diverse” contribution to Ukrainian air defense capabilities, in particular with radars, advanced anti-drone systems and missiles. The parties discussed the continuation of defense cooperation with an emphasis on further strengthening the air defense and long-range capabilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
18:27 They managed to return to Ukraine a guy whom the Russians took from Mariupol near Moscow in April 2022 as part of a group of 31 children. Then Alexander was 17 years old. The vast majority of children from the group were orphans or deprived of parental care, reports the Ministry of Reintegration. Alexander became the fifth from this group to be returned.
17:40 Russia will need four days to prepare for the next massive missile strike, says Yuri Ignat, speaker of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. According to him, the enemy programs the missiles in advance, plotting the desired route.
17:31 As of 17:00 in Ukraine, the total number of victims of the massive Russian attack increased to 127, five people were killed , the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports. Fire extinguishing continues at two addresses in the Podolsk district of Kyiv; in Kharkov, work continues to dismantle the emergency structures of a residential building.
16:48 In the Solomensky district of Kiev, as a result of a rocket attack, two people were killed and 49 were injured , KGVA reported.
16:33 The SBU reported that, “hot on the heels,” they established addresses and dismantled web cameras that broadcast the work of air defense and the locations of critical infrastructure in Kiev during the Russian air attack on January 2. Cameras were installed on residential buildings to monitor the local area. As a result of the hacker hack, the Russians gained remote access to control the cameras and collected data through them to prepare and adjust attacks on Kyiv.
15:57 Zaluzhny reported that air defense forces today shot down ten out of ten Russian Kinzhal missiles using the Patriot system. “This is a record. If the missiles had hit their targets, the consequences would have been catastrophic,” the commander-in-chief emphasized.
15:50 The Russians fired artillery at Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk region, wounding two people, the prosecutor’s office reported. 16 private houses, three high-rise buildings, outbuildings, private and industrial enterprises, a kindergarten, a shopping pavilion, gas pipelines, and power lines were damaged.
15:46 Ukrainian air defense forces repelled the world's largest combined missile attack using hypersonic weapons. About the purpose of Russian missile strikes, as well as details about the consequences, with photos and videos, see the material War for Heaven .
15:19 In the morning, the Russians struck Kharkov with Iskanders, the National Police reported. According to updated data, as a result of the strike in the center of Kharkov, one person was killed and 52 were injured. Among the wounded were six children aged 6 to 13 years. At least three explosions were heard during the attack.
15:15 US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink said that the command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces will independently decide on the range of strikes delivered using HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems, which the American authorities plan to transfer to Ukraine in the near future.
14:36 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that air defense systems allegedly destroyed eight more Ukrainian Vilkha MLRS missiles over the Belgorod region. Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov claims that as a result of the strike on Belgorod, one person was killed and five were injured.
13:59 Turkey has notified its allies that it will not allow minesweepers donated to Ukraine by Great Britain into its straits, the Erdogan administration said.
13:37 The number of victims as a result of a missile attack on the center of Kharkov has increased to 47 , 16 people were hospitalized, including two children, said the head of the OBA Oleg Sinegubov.
13:35 Today the Russians hit Kiev with an X-101 missile, fired in the fourth quarter of 2023, reports the specialized publication Defense Express.
13:32 In Vishneve, as a result of the morning attack, 11 apartment buildings were damaged by debris, the Kiev Regional Police Department reported. 16 people have already turned to doctors for help, including an eight-year-old child. Two people died in the region. 16 private houses, 11 apartment buildings, two schools, warehouses, a church, and a number of businesses were damaged.
13:24 Poland scrambled F-16 fighters into the sky during today’s massive Russian missile attack on Ukraine, the operational command of the country’s Air Force reported. “To ensure the safety of Polish airspace, two pairs of F-16 fighters and an allied air tanker were deployed,” the statement said.
12:58 In the morning, the Russians carried out two airstrikes with guided bombs on the city of Orekhov, Zaporozhye region, said the head of the OVA, Yuriy Malashko. As a result of the impact, a five-story apartment building was damaged and an entire entrance was destroyed. One person is injured.
12:50 In Kiev, two people have already died as a result of rocket debris hitting an apartment in the Solomensky district, the prosecutor’s office reported. The number of victims increased to 49 , 43 people were hospitalized, Klitschko said. Among those hospitalized is a two-year-old child.
12:46 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that air defense systems allegedly destroyed nine Ukrainian Vilkha MLRS missiles over the Belgorod region.
12:37 The KGVA showed the consequences of a missile strike in the Solomensky district of Kiev:
11:58 In the Solomensky district of the capital, 43 people were injured, one died, Klitschko said. 37 people were hospitalized, six were treated by doctors on the spot.
11:29 According to preliminary data, during today's attack Russia used 99 missiles of various types, Zaluzhny said. Air defense destroyed 72 air targets:
- 10 out of 10 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles;
- 59 out of 70 Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 cruise missiles;
- three of three Caliber cruise missiles.
The enemy attacked civilian and critical infrastructure, industrial and military facilities. The main direction of attack is Kyiv. In the first wave, they attacked with suicide bombers from the south-eastern direction, followed by movement through different regions of Ukraine. All 35 attack UAVs were destroyed.
In the morning, the enemy used strategic aviation: 16 Tu-95MS bombers launched at least 70 Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 air-launched cruise missiles. Then the launches of ten Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles from MiG-31K fighters were recorded. The Russian Federation also attacked from the sea with three Caliber cruise missiles, and from the north with 12 missiles flying along a ballistic trajectory, such as Iskander-M/S-300/S-400. Four Kh-31P anti-radar missiles were used from Su-35 tactical aircraft.
11:08 The total number of people wounded as a result of today’s attack on Kiev and Kharkov is already 92 people, four people died, Zelensky said. According to him, since December 31, the Russians have already used about 170 suicide bombers and dozens of missiles of various types. The vast majority of them were directed at civilian targets.
11:02 As a result of the morning strike on Kharkov, one person was killed, 44 were injured, among them five children from six to 13 years old, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
10:50 Air Force Commander Nikolai Oleshchuk said that today the enemy actually repeated the attack on December 29, both in type and number of missiles.
10:41 Today’s attack on Kiev lasted about six hours in total, said the head of the KGVA Sergei Popko. First, the enemy launched about 15 Shahed drones onto the capital, and after them, more than 15 Tu-95MS strategic bombers launched X-101/X555X-55 cruise missiles in groups and waves. Simultaneously with the missiles landing on Kyiv, more than ten Mig-31K aircraft launched Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles at the capital. Air defense forces destroyed all UAVs, more than 60 Kh-101/Kh555Kh-55 missiles and about ten Daggers.
10:34 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that this morning, during a flight of an Aerospace Forces aircraft over the village of Petropavlovka in the Voronezh region, “an abnormal discharge of aircraft ammunition occurred.” There were no injuries, six private buildings were damaged.
10:30 As a result of a massive missile attack, there is damage to the networks of Ukrenergo and oblenergo in Kiev and the region. More than 250 thousand consumers were de-energized, the data is being clarified, Ukrenergo reported. The company emphasized that all power outages are related to military operations, and the use of outage schedules is not planned. Restoration work will begin immediately after assessment of the extent of damage by repair teams of Ukrenergo and oblenergo.
10:26 In the Kiev region, as a result of today’s attack, two people were killed, 11 were injured, among them one child, said the head of the OBA Ruslan Kravchenko. Five apartment buildings were damaged due to falling debris in Vishneve. Private houses and more than 60 cars were damaged in the communities. There was a fire in an unfinished church, several businesses, warehouses and one of the regional medical institutions were damaged. In a number of communities in Brovary, Buchansky, Fastovsky, and Vyshgorod districts, problems also arose with energy supply.
10:13 In Kiev, one of the victims from a house in the Solomensky district died in an ambulance, 27 people were hospitalized , Klitschko said. Interior Minister Igor Klimenko showed a video of a destroyed house.
09:37 There are already 20 victims in a house in the Solomensky district of Kiev , said Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko. Rescuers released 17 people, and another 117 residents were taken out of the house. There is a fire and heavy smoke in the house. In the Podolsk region, water supply lines were damaged and at least six cars were on fire.
09:32 In Kharkov, 41 people have already been injured as a result of the morning missile strike, one person has died , said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OBA.
09:05 In Kiev, there are already 13 victims in a multi-storey building in the Solomensky district. In the Podolsk region, a fire broke out in a warehouse building covering an area of 2,000 square meters. m, said Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko.
08:54 In Kharkov, as a result of a morning rocket attack, one person was killed and more than 20 were injured , said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OBA. Russia launched strikes on the central part of the city, in particular in the Shevchenko district. Multi-apartment residential buildings, outbuildings, and civil infrastructure were damaged.
08:52 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of January 2:
- personnel - about 360,820 (+810) people,
- tanks - 5990 (+7),
- armored combat vehicles - 11,100 (+13),
- artillery systems - 8531 (+49),
- MLRS - 945 (+2),
- air defense systems - 626 (+1),
- aircraft - 329 (+0),
- helicopters - 324 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 6710 (+53),
- cruise missiles - 1710 (+1),
- ships/boats - 23 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 11,365 (+35),
- special equipment - 1284 (+7).
08:46 Over the past 24 hours, 64 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In the Avdeevsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled four enemy attacks near Novobakhmutovka, Stepnoy, Avdeevka and another 19 attacks in the Pervomaisky and Nevelsky districts of the Donetsk region. In the Kherson direction, where Ukrainian forces continue to expand the bridgehead, the enemy carried out 19 unsuccessful assault operations.
In the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian forces repelled seven attacks near Sinkovka and east of Petropavlovka, Kharkov region; on Bakhmutskoye - ten attacks in the Bogdanovka, Kleshcheevka and Andreevka districts of the Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - three attacks near Rabotino, Zaporozhye region.
08:38 In Kiev, in a multi-storey building in the Solomensky district, where a fire started after a rocket attack, there are already ten casualties, Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said. In the Podolsk region there were fires in several places, in Svyatoshinsky there was a fire in a social infrastructure building, in Pechersky there was a fire in the roof of a high-rise building, in Obolonsky there was a fire in a warehouse, in Desnyansky there was a fire in a supermarket building.
08:31 The Russians launched at least four strikes on Kharkov, including the central part of the city, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. There is damage to apartment buildings and fires have broken out. At this moment, six victims are known.
08:23 In Kiev, due to the attack, there is temporarily no light in some houses in the Shevchenkivskyi, Svyatoshinsky, Goloseevsky and Obolonsky districts, DTEK reported. Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said that three people were injured in one of the houses in the Solomensky district.
08:12 Russia attacks Kiev all night and morning - first with attack drones, then with missiles. According to the KGVA, debris fell in several areas of the capital; there was no information about casualties. The mayor's office clarified that some of the facilities and residential buildings in several districts of the capital are without power, and in some areas there is a temporary lack of pressure in the water supply network. According to preliminary data, in the Podolsk region there was a hit on the territory of a civilian infrastructure facility. A gas pipe was also damaged in the Podolsk region.
06:27 Air defense at night destroyed 35 out of 35 attack UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type , which Russia attacked from Cape Chauda and the Primorsko-Akhtarsk area, the Air Force command reported.