[Vesti] December 29 is the 309th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Briefly about the main thing that is happening in the country on this day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
08:00 . Kyiv region. It is reported about the threat of rocket attack on the Kyiv region. There is an air raid in the capital.
Chernihiv region. Air defense works.
Sumy region. Shot down a rocket.
08:30 . Kyiv region. Air defense works.
Zhytomyr Oblast. Explosions.
Kyiv region. The fragments of a downed rocket damaged a private building in the Darnitsky district of Kiev (Osokorky) and a car parked nearby. There is no information about the victims.
09:00 . Nikolaevkskaya area. 5 missiles were shot down over the sea , said the head of the Regional State Administration Vitaly Kim.
Poltava and Odessa regions. Air defense works.
Kharkov region. A rocket attack was made on Kharkov. The subway stopped in the city. Arrivals to Slobodskoy district.
Lviv region. Explosions in Lvov.
09:30 . Kyiv. Rocket attack on the capital:
fragments of downed rockets damaged 2 private houses in the Darnytskyi district;
an industrial enterprise in the Goloseevsky district and a playground in the Pechersky district were damaged;
the situation regarding the victims is specified.
10:00 Lviv region. 90% of Lviv - without electricity. Trams and trolleybuses do not run, there may be interruptions in water supply, the mayor Sadovy said.
About 63 rockets in the sky over Ukraine reports the head of the Khmelnytsky OVA Vitaliy Gamaly.
Kharkov region. The arrival of 4 missiles, probably S-300, in the Nemyshlyansky and Osnovyansky districts of Kharkov was announced by the head of the Regional State Administration Oleg Sinegubov.
Kyiv. It is known about three victims as a result of a hit in the Darnytsia region. Among them is a 14-year-old girl. All were treated and hospitalized.
Odessa region. Over the Odessa region, air defense shot down 21 missiles . The energy infrastructure was damaged as a result of the hit. There are emergency power outages in the area.
10:20 . Chernihiv region. Air defense works.
Crimea. Explosions are heard in Dzhankoy. The city has a military airfield of the Russian Federation.
Kyiv region. Over Kiev on the morning of December 29, 16 missiles were shot down.
Ivano-Frankivsk region. The rocket hit a house in one of the villages directly. There is an arrival at the energy facility. No victims or injured.
11:00 . Kherson region. As a result of Russian shelling of Kherson, the Regional Cardiological Dispensary was damaged. 2 people were injured - a security guard and a boiler room worker. The roof, windows and facade of one of the buildings were destroyed in the building.
11:30 The Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down 54 out of 69 missiles, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny said.
12:00 . Lviv region. In Lviv, there is a hit on an energy infrastructure facility. Due to damage, emergency power outages were introduced in the area. Without electricity, more than 470 thousand subscribers. The most difficult situation is in Lviv and surrounding settlements.
14:00 . Kharkov region. Infrastructure in the Industrial district of Kharkiv is under attack. As a result of attacks on the Kharkiv region, a 50-year-old man was killed, two more were injured.
15:00 . Lugansk region. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have advanced 2.5 km in the direction of Kremennaya over the past 2 weeks, said Aleksey Gromov, a representative of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The offensive operations of the Ukrainian army in the area continue.
Donetsk region. 4 missile strikes were carried out on Konstantinovka. Two rockets hit the boarding school where the IDP accommodation center is located. At the moment of impact there were 42 people. There is 1 injured. Two other rockets hit near the former cinema and in the courtyard of the hostel - windows were damaged in the building, but no one was injured.
15:40 . Kharkov region. Another wounded person died as a result of the rocket attack.
17:20 Zelensky asked Biden for tanks and planes, but the US position remained unchanged - Politico.
17:48 The enemy is trying to conduct offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Zaporozhye and is trying to improve the tactical situation in the Limansky and Avdeevsky directions.
18:18 On Kupyansky and Novopavlovsky, he is actively defending. In the Kherson direction, he is regrouping troops to other directions, leading the defense. Operational summary of the General Staff as of 18:00 on Thursday, December 29.
18:40 The Minister of Defense of Ukraine thanked the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for today's work.
19:00 More than 300 foreign sailors cannot leave Ukrainian ports because of the war.
19:20 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus summoned the Ambassador of Ukraine to express a strong protest to him. Today, the authorities of the republic announced that an allegedly Ukrainian rocket fell on the territory of the Brest region.
19:44 The President signed the bill No. 8196/8197 on promoting the restoration of the energy infrastructure of Ukraine.
20:10 8700 civilians still live in Bakhmut under constant shelling. More than 70 thousand people left the city.
20:39 King of horror Stephen King said on his Twitter that his biggest wish next year is peace in Ukraine.
20:58 The United States transferred about $50 million of additional equipment for power grids to Ukraine. It is also noted that the Pentagon has already sent two NASAMS systems and air defense systems.
21:21 There can't be normal relations with today's Russia, - German Foreign Minister.
"We must clearly realize that there can be no normal relations with this Russia. Like many Russians, we want to see a peaceful and democratic Russia that is not a threat to its neighbors. But let's not have any illusions - we live in a different reality. That is why the task there must be a strengthening of our common security against Russia on a permanent basis ," said Annalena Berbock, head of the German Foreign Ministry, in an interview with the Romanian portal Digi24.
21:55 In 80% of the de-occupied cities, the Internet has been partially restored.
"Despite the full-scale war, we continue to deploy and restore high-speed Internet in Ukraine. To keep people in touch with their relatives. 80% of the liberated cities have partially restored Internet. The Russian military left behind destroyed infrastructure, hundreds of kilometers of damaged cables..." , - according to the press service of the Ministry of Digital Transformation.