17 injured in strike in Kharkiv: At least 17 people were injured in a Russian bomb attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city in the northeast of the country near the border with Russia, on Tuesday evening. “Two women are in serious condition,” said regional governor Oleg Sinegoubov. According to him, Russian forces attacked the center of Kharkiv with two S-300 surface-to-air missiles, damaging residential buildings. According to Kiev, three people were also injured in a drone attack in Odessa last night.
Russia says it repelled attack in Belgorod: Across the border, Russia claims it also suffered a Ukrainian attack on its territory, in Belgorod. However, Russian forces say they managed to repel that bombing attack, with “no casualties” reported, according to authorities. “Air defense destroyed seven missiles and four Ukrainian drones over the Belgorod region,” the Russian Defense Ministry said.
Macron will visit Ukraine in February: Emmanuel Macron announced on Tuesday during his press conference that he would travel to Ukraine “in February” and that France would deliver to the country 40 new long-range “Scalp” missiles and “hundreds of bombs”. “We cannot and must not let Russia win, because then the security of Europe and the entire Russian neighborhood would be called into question,” emphasized the head of state.