On December 29, the Russians again resorted to a large-scale missile attack on Ukraine. Explosions rang out in Kharkiv, Odesa, Lviv, and Kyiv.
Here is what we know about the Russian mass missile attack on Ukraine at the moment: (information is being updated):
- According to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the air defense forces shot down 54 out of 69 missiles launched by the terrorist state. Air defense neutralized 16 out of 16 air targets over Kyiv.
- Debris from rockets in Kyiv damaged a children’s playground and injured three people, including a 14-year-old girl. The injured are under medical care.
- There are partial power outages in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Sumy, Kyiv, Lviv, and Zhytomyr Oblasts; several trains stopped.
- In a village in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, a Russian rocket hit a private house but miraculously did not explode.
- The Minister of Energy of Ukraine, Herman Halushchenko, reported damage to generation facilities and power grids after the missile strikes. The situation is difficult in the country’s west, in Odesa and Kyiv Oblasts. There will be emergency power outages.