At least four people have been killed, 33 injured, and several more may be under the rubble as a result of a Russian missile attack on Ukraine on the morning of 8 January. Source: Ihor Klymenko, Minister of Internal Affairs, on Telegram; Oleksii Kuleba, Deputy Head of the President's Office, on Telegram Quote from Klymenko: "This morning, Russian occupiers attacked four oblasts of Ukraine with missiles.
The Russians launched a record number of Shahed attack UAVs on Ukraine on the night of 31 December-1 January. The Ukrainian air defence forces managed to down 87 out of 90 of them. Source: Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, Ukraine's Air Force Commander; Ukraine's Air Force on Telegram; Defence Forces of Ukraine's South on Telegram Quote from Oleshchuk: "A big thanks to everyone for their combat work! A year ago, on New Year's Eve, the defenders of the sky destroyed 45 Shahed drones.
An air-raid warning has been issued throughout Ukraine due to MiG-31 fighter jets taking off. Explosions have rocked the cities of Kropyvnytskyi and Kryvyi Rih. Source: alert map; Ukrainian Air Force; Suspilne, a Ukrainian public broadcaster Quote from Air Force: "Several MiG-31Ks of the Russian Aerospace Forces have taken off from the Mozdok airfield.
The air-raid warning has been issued in most oblasts of Ukraine due to a ballistic missile threat on the evening of 26 December. Source: Ukraine's Air Force on Telegram Quote: "Attention! Ballistic missile threat from the south!" Details: The map featuring oblasts with air-raid warning in effect (marked in red) as of 18:32 is presented below: Map: alerts.
A Russian Shahed kamikaze drone attack, as well as Russian tactical aviation, triggered multiple air-raid alerts in eight southeastern oblasts of Ukraine overnight, the Air Force reported on Dec. 24.