kyiv announces at least nine dead and dozens injured

2023-12-29 10:08:08

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Ukrainian officials report at least nine dead and dozens injured

Russian strikes in Ukraine have killed at least nine people and injured dozens, according to Ukrainian officials.

9:06

A journalist on site believes that this is “the most massive attack in months”

“Ukraine is experiencing an intense missile and drone attack last night. Dozens of missiles, in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv, Dnipro… This is the most massive attack in months and it is not stopping not”, writes the correspondent in Ukraine for Le Figaro and Médiapart, Clara Marchaud, present on site.

8:46

Two Russians heavily condemned for a poem hostile to the offensive

Artiom Kamardine and Iegor Shtovba were arrested in September 2022 after participating in a public reading of a poem very hostile to the pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.

They were sentenced yesterday by a Moscow court to terms ranging from five and a half to seven years in prison. A new example of the repression raging in the country.

8:13

Top German military official says Russia is suffering ‘huge’ losses

“You know that, according to figures from Western intelligence services, 300,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or so seriously injured that they can no longer be mobilized in the war,” General Christian told the German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung Freuding, who oversees support for Kiev within the Bundeswehr.

In addition to human losses, Russia also suffered “enormous” “material” losses, i.e. “a number of tanks and armored vehicles numbering in the thousands”.

7:55

kyiv announces at least one dead and 15 injured

In a first report released early Friday morning, kyiv indicates that at least one person died, and fifteen others injured, in the Russian strikes affecting the country.

7:53

Zelensky adviser says Russian strikes show Ukraine needs ‘more help’

The wave of Russian strikes launched Friday on several cities in Ukraine shows that the country needs “more help” from the international community, said Andriy Yermak, the Ukrainian president’s chief of staff.

“We are doing everything possible to strengthen our air shield. But the world must see that we need more help and means to stop this terror,” he wrote on the social network Telegram.

7:35

A response to the Ukrainian attack in Crimea?

The Russian attacks come after Russia confirmed on Tuesday that one of its ships had been damaged in an attack on kyiv in annexed Crimea.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was informed by his Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu of “damage” suffered by the large landing ship Novocherkassk.

The Ukrainian army, for its part, assured that it had “destroyed” this ship, which it claimed was carrying Shahed drones, using cruise missiles.

7:27

Three injured in the Sumy region in the northeast of the country

According to Ukrainian military authorities, three people were injured in a strike on Konotop, in the Sumy region, where a residential building was notably hit.

Three Iranian-made Shahed drones were destroyed there, according to the army.

7:25

Several cities hit by Russian strikes

Explosions were heard Friday morning in kyiv, where the “anti-aircraft defense is actively functioning” announced its mayor Vitali Klitschko.

The city of Kharkiv suffered at least ten strikes in two waves which until further notice did not cause any casualties, according to the head of the local military administration, Oleg Synegubov. However, a hospital in the Kyivskyi district was damaged, local police said.

In Odessa, a building was damaged following a strike overnight but the resulting fire was quickly brought under control, said Mayor Gennady Trukhanov.

Regarding Lviv, a city more rarely targeted, his counterpart Andriy Sadovyi spoke of “two strikes” in an attack carried out in total by “ten Shaheds” in the region. Authorities also reported explosions in the Dnipro region.

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Welcome to this live

Hello, welcome to this live dedicated to the “massive” Russian strikes which affected the entire Ukrainian territory this Friday morning.

The Ukrainian authorities decided to activate a generalized air alert throughout the country around 5 a.m.