2024-01-02 08:34:01
On January 2, the Ukrainian military shot down all 35 drones and 72 of 99 Russian missiles, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. Valery Zaluzhny.
According to him, the air defense forces shot down 10 out of 10 Kh-47M2 “Kinzhal” aeroballistic missiles, 59 out of 70 Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 cruise missiles, three out of three “Kalibr” cruise missiles.
Zaluzhny noted that on January 2, Russian troops repeated a mass attack with airstrikes of various types, as was the case a few days ago, on December 29.
In Kyiv, explosions occurred in 8 out of 10 districts.
“In particular, in Galaseiv district, a fragment of a rocket fell on the open territory of the park. Explosions on Abalone,” said the mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko.
In Kiev after the Russian missile attack on January 2, 2024
Afterwards, Klitschko added that the emergency services were dispatched to the Pechersk district.
At the site of the Russian missile attack in Kiev. January 2, 2024
Head of the Kyiv City Military Administration Sergei Papko specified that in the Pechersk district the debris fell on the roof of a multi-story building, in Aboloni — on the territory of warehouses.
Later it became known about the fall of fragments on a building in Svyatoshynsky district.
Klitschko also reported on the lack of power supply to some objects and residential buildings in several districts of the city.
Rescue workers at the site of a rocket attack in Kyiv, January 2, 2024
As a result of a rocket attack, a fire broke out in a high-rise building in the Solomensky district. At this moment, it is known about one dead person, 27 people were wounded and injured.
Earlier, the Air Force of Ukraine warned about a large number of missiles in the direction of the capital.
The head of the Kharkiv regional military administration reported on the shelling Oleg Sinyagubav.
“The occupiers struck Kharkiv,” he wrote and called on the residents of the region not to leave their shelters until the alarm is lifted.
According to the mayor of Kharkiv Igor Tserakhov, the city is under intense rocket attack — houses and other civilian infrastructure are damaged. 41 people were injured, one person died.
On the night of January 2, the Russian army carried out a massive attack with drones, during which the air defense forces of Ukraine shot down all 35 drones, the Air Force reported.
The president of the country commented on another Russian attack on Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky:
“Now the elimination of the consequences of another Russian attack continues. All necessary services are involved. More than 500 rescuers of the State Emergency Service, utility workers, energy workers, policemen. Kyiv and region, Kharkiv. At the moment, 92 people are known to be injured. Everyone gets help. Unfortunately, four people died. My condolences to family and friends.
For the third day now, our SPA fighters have been doing an incredible job. Since December 31, the Russian inhumans have already used about 170 “shaged” and dozens of projectiles of various types. The absolute majority of them were aimed at civilian objects. I thank all partners who help in strengthening our air shield. And it is clear that it helps save hundreds of lives every day and every night, which would have been taken by Russian terror if not for Patriots and other defense systems.
This year, we will continue to work with everyone in the world who values life to further strengthen our air defense and hold Russia accountable for what it has done. A terrorist state must feel the consequences of what it does.”
Russia’s war against Ukraine
At 5 o’clock in the morning February 24, 2022 The head of Russia, Vladimir Putin, announced the start of a military operation against Ukraine in the Donbass at the request of the “DPR” and “LPR” groups. On February 21, during a televised address to Russians, Putin called the so-called “DPR” and “LPR” independent states within the regions. On February 22, the Federation Council ratified this decision. Russian troops attacked, including from the territory of Belarus, using airfields, bases and roads. Representatives of Lukashenka’s regime justify the war, his opponents consider the territory of Belarus to be occupied, many call for resistance to the Russian invaders. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, at least 34 Belarusians fighting for its independence have died. Contrary to Putin’s statements about attacks only on military facilities, the Russians are bombing schools, kindergartens and residential areas of Ukrainian cities. According to the UN, as a result of the full-scale war, about 8 million residents of Ukraine became refugees. On April 2, 2022, after the liberation of the town of Bucha near Kyiv, photojournalists published dozens of photographs showing hundreds of dead people, victims of mass murders committed by Russian troops. Many are buried in spontaneous mass graves. The Russian occupation also brought great destruction to the people of Barodyan. During the six months of the war, Russia was able to occupy about 20% of the Ukrainian territory. In March 2022, the area of occupied land reached 30%. However, at the end of the month, Russian troops retreated from the north of Ukraine, as well as from most of the Kharkiv region. At the end of August, Crimea, Luhansk and Kherson regions were completely occupied. And also 50% of the territory of the Donetsk region, about 70% of the Zaporizhia region, approximately 30% of the Kharkiv region. Since February 24, Russia has captured only one regional center – Kherson. Russian troops retreated from it and from the right-bank part of the Kherson region in November 2022. The city was occupied by Russian troops in the first days of the war without actually fighting. In the fall of 2022, Ukrainian troops launched a large-scale counteroffensive, as a result of which Russian forces left most of their positions in the Kharkiv region. Despite Putin’s initial statements that the occupation of Ukrainian territories was not part of the invasion plans, on September 30, 2022, the annexation of four regions of Ukraine (Donetsk, Zaporozhye, Luhansk, and Kherson), including territories that Russia did not control, was announced. On September 21, 2022, Putin announced the mobilization in Russia. After this statement, thousands of Russians went to the border crossings and began to leave for Georgia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Mongolia, Finland and other countries. In Russia itself, opponents of the war set fire to several military commissariats. In 2023, Lukashenko and Putin announced the deployment of Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus. On June 13, Lukashenka gave an interview to Russian propagandist Volga Skabeeva, from which it appeared that some of the nuclear weapons had already been delivered from the Russian Federation to Belarus. On June 16, Putin also said that the first nuclear charges have already been delivered to the territory of Belarus, and the rest will be moved “by the end of the summer or the end of the year.” On August 1, Lukashenko said that more than half of the tactical nuclear weapons planned to be deployed on Belarusian territory have already been “imported and dispersed” across the country. He has repeatedly stated that he will use nuclear weapons in case of aggression against Belarus. In June 2023, Ukrainian troops began counteroffensive operations in the east and south of the country. Russian troops prepared well-fortified defense lines, so the advance of the counteroffensive proceeded with significant losses. On September 3, Ukrainian Brigadier General Oleksandr Tarnovsky said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine broke through the first line of defense on the Zaporizhia direction, on which the Russians spent the most resources.
It is not always possible to independently verify information about military operations provided by officials of various parties.
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