Russia fired “99 missiles of various types” into Ukraine on Tuesday morning, 72 of which were shot down by air defenses. A new “massive” attack that left at least five people dead. Follow the latest information on the conflict.
23:04
RUSSIAN SHOOTING IN KHARKIV
According to Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov, a Russian army fire caused damage to a residential area on Tuesday evening. “Windows were broken, information about the victims is being clarified. This is a new terrorist attack on Kharkiv and an attempt to intimidate peaceful residents,” he said. explained on Telegram.
22:22
UN CALLS FOR DE-ESCALATION
UN human rights envoy Volker Türk called on Tuesday for an immediate de-escalation of hostilities between Russia and Ukraine. Deadly attacks hit residential buildings in Ukraine and a Russian border region on Tuesday, while waves of airstrikes also injured dozens and prompted Kiev to call on the West to speed up arms deliveries.
“The escalation of hostilities is alarming, with dozens of civilians killed in Ukraine and Russia. International humanitarian law prohibits indiscriminate attacks and attacks on civilian facilities,” the United Nations human rights office said on X, the old Twitter.
“Volker Türk calls for immediate de-escalation measures, the protection of the civilian population and respect for international law.”
6:45 p.m
UK SUPPORT
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak assured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday that the U.K. will “continue to strongly support Ukraine in its fight against aggression and occupation in 2024 and beyond” following new Russian attacks.
During their phone call, Rishi Sunak “highlighted the UK's efforts to provide military and diplomatic support to Ukraine, particularly through new arms supplies,” Downing Street said in a statement.
18:26
Putin shows that he wants to “destroy” Ukraine, says Berlin
Berlin condemned new Russian attacks on Ukraine on Tuesday, saying they showed Vladimir Putin wanted to “annihilate” the country after at least five civilians were killed and 119 people injured, mostly in Kiev and Kharkiv.
“With every missile, Putin shows that he wants to destroy Ukraine,” wrote Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on X (ex-Twitter). “We stand by the Ukrainian people as long as they need us and until everyday life is possible without fear and terror,” she added.
6:10 p.m
UKRAINE: DIED ON THE FRONT. WAS THIS SOLDIER “MINOR AND ORphan”?
Volodymyr Sakhala, portrayed on social media as an orphan under the age of 18, is believed to have died fighting in Ukraine. Although this soldier died on November 28th, he was 26 years old. Under Ukrainian law, underage men are not allowed to join the army.
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Request for the release of two Russian poets
A UN expert called on Tuesday for the “immediate release” of two Russian poets who were harshly condemned at the end of December for taking part in a reading against the conflict in Ukraine.
Her conviction “is in blatant contradiction to international standards protecting freedom of expression,” Mariana Katzarova, United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Russia, said in a statement.
It calls for their “immediate release” and calls on the Russian authorities to “immediately investigate allegations of torture and ill-treatment inflicted on one of the two men, Artiom Kamardine, during his arrest.”
4:40 p.m
“A RECORD”
Ukraine claimed to have shot down the 10 Russian Kinjal missiles fired on Tuesday, “a record”, using an American Patriot air defense system, while these hypersonic missiles were portrayed as “invincible” by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Today the Air Force (…) launched ten Kinjal Kh-47M2 missiles using the Patriot system. This is a record,” said Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Army Valery Zalouzhny on X (ex-Twitter) . “If the missiles had hit their targets, the consequences would have been catastrophic,” he added.
Given the intensification of Russian air strikes in recent days, Ukraine needs “more systems” for anti-aircraft defense and “ammunition for them,” General Saluzhny noted. “There is no reason to believe that the enemy will stop here,” he warned.
15:24
52 INJURED IN KHARKIV
According to the Ukrainian National Police, the death toll from Russian attacks in the eastern city of Kharkiv now stands at one dead and 52 injured, including six children aged 6 to 13, Telegram said.
2:02 p.m
Kiev accuses Moscow of “deliberately” bombing “residential areas.”
Ukrainian Defense Minister Roustem Umerov accused Russia of “deliberately” bombing “residential areas” after a new massive attack targeted the Ukrainian capital in particular on Tuesday morning. “The (Russian) terrorist state is specifically targeting critical infrastructure and neighborhoods, proving that Russia will not stop its aggression until we stop it,” he wrote in a message posted on X (formerly Twitter).
13:58
AT LEAST ONE DEAD IN RUSSIA'S BELGOROD REGION
At least one person was killed and five injured on Tuesday after Ukraine attacked the Belgorod region, according to its governor. The bombing came after Russia fired around a hundred missiles into Ukraine. A man was killed by shrapnel when a projectile exploded next to his car, the governor of Belgorod, a Russian border region with Ukraine, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said on Telegram. Five people were injured in further incidents.
12:04
Moscow says it “thwarted” attack on Ukraine.
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday it had destroyed four Ukrainian missiles targeting Russia's Belgorod region on the border with Ukraine, hours after Moscow launched massive attacks on its neighbor. “At around 12 p.m. GMT (10 a.m. French time),” Russian air defense “thwarted” a Ukrainian attack with tactical ballistic missiles “Olkha” (“Vilcha” in Ukrainian, editor’s note), he said in a statement. “Four rockets were destroyed over the Belgorod region.”
11:58
Kiev is calling for the delivery of Western weapons to be accelerated
Ukrainian diplomacy chief Dmytro Kouleba called on Western allies to “accelerate” their arms deliveries to Ukraine after a new massive Russian attack on Tuesday morning. In response to the enemy offensive, he called in a statement on the West to “respond decisively” to these attacks, in particular through an accelerated delivery to Kiev of “additional air defense systems, combat drones of all kinds” and “missiles with a range” of more than 300 kilometers”.
11:44
MOSCOW SAYS IT HAS “DESTROYED” ALL TARGET.
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed to have “destroyed” all targets in Kiev and its suburbs and in Kharkiv (east) on Tuesday morning during a new major attack against Ukraine. As usual, the Russian army assured that it had only targeted what it considered legitimate targets, such as Ukrainian companies that “manufacture missiles, drones and repair weapons and military equipment” as well as “sites where missiles, ammunition and air weapons are stored, who supplied the Kiev regime.” Western countries. “All facilities were destroyed,” the Defense Ministry said.
10:54
VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY ANNOUNCES THE “RUSSIAN TERROR” CAMPAIGN
According to Ukrainian authorities, the Russian army carried out new “massive” attacks against Ukraine on Tuesday morning, killing at least four civilians and wounding more than 90 people, mainly in Kiev and Kharkiv. “Currently 92 people have been injured. (…) Unfortunately, four people died,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy responded on Telegram, denouncing a campaign of “Russian terror.”
10:46
A Russian village was accidentally bombed
The Russian Defense Ministry on Tuesday acknowledged the accidental bombing of a village in western Russia not far from the Ukrainian border, but assured that there were no injuries. Russia carried out massive attacks against Ukraine on Tuesday morning, around the same time as this incident.
Referring to the “accidental explosion of a munition” carried by an Air Force plane at around 9 a.m. (7 a.m. French time), the ministry told Russian news agencies that an explosion rocked the village of Petropavlovka, 150 km away, in the Voronezh region have Ukraine. “There are no injuries, but destruction was found in seven buildings,” regional governor Alexander Gusev said on Telegram, specifying that residents had to be cared for in reception centers.
10:31
Moscow fired 99 rockets, 72 were shot down
Russia fired “99 missiles of various types” into Ukraine on Tuesday morning, 72 of which were shot down by air defenses, Ukrainian army commander Valeri Zaluzhny said in Telegram. Ukrainian forces “destroyed 72 air targets,” including 10 Kinjal hypersonic missiles and three Kalibre cruise missiles, as well as 59 Kh-101, Kh-555 and Kh-55 cruise missiles.
10:01
WARSAW PROTECTS ITS BORDER WITH F-16 FIGHTERS
The Polish army said Tuesday that it had withdrawn its F-16 fighter jets to patrol the border with Ukraine following massive Russian bombings in that neighboring country. “To ensure the security of Polish airspace, two pairs of F-16 fighters and an allied tanker aircraft were activated,” said a statement from the Polish army operational command.
09:33
250,000 PEOPLE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY IN Kiev AND ITS REGION
More than 250,000 consumers are without power in Kiev and surrounding areas after massive Russian strikes damaged the grid on Tuesday morning, national operator Ukrenergo announced. “As a result of a massive missile attack, there is damage to the Ukrenergo networks in Kiev and the region. More than 250,000 consumers are without power,” the company said on Telegram.
09:32
At least four dead in bomb attacks in Russia
According to the Ukrainian authorities, at least four people were killed in another massive bombing attack by Russia on Ukraine on Tuesday morning. In Kiev, an elderly woman died of her injuries in an ambulance, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko. According to the Ukrainian prosecutor's office, a couple was killed in the Kiev region, and according to regional authorities, a fourth person died in the Kharkiv region.
09:18
UKRAINIAN MP affected by bomb attack
The house of Ukrainian MP Kira Rudik, leader of the Voice party since 2020, was hit by Russian bomb attacks on Monday. “My house is partly in ruins. (…) I'm slightly injured, but I'm alive,” she wrote on X (ex-Twitter). There are fires everywhere. Russia will pay.”
My house is now partially in ruins. I no longer have any windows on one side. I have minor injuries, but I'm alive. The fires are everywhere. Russia you will pay. pic.twitter.com/rLaITQowkV — Kira Rudik (@kiraincongress) January 2, 2024
09:12
Kyiv and Kharkov in the sights of Russian missiles
Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported on Monday numerous explosions in the city, suggesting that ten people had been injured when a building burned down in the Solomiansky district “due to a Russian missile attack.” A fire also broke out in a supermarket and a warehouse, he said. Electricity was also cut off to civilian infrastructure and residential buildings in four districts, and water supplies were disrupted in certain areas of the Ukrainian capital.
“At least four attacks” also hit the city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine, killing at least one person and wounding more than twenty others, the military organization’s chief Oleg Sinegubov said. Multi-story residential buildings and civilian infrastructure were damaged.
07:23
A DOZEN POWERFUL EXPLOSIONS HEARD IN Kiev
According to AFP journalists, around ten powerful explosions were heard in Kiev on Tuesday morning, while Russia fired several rockets towards the capital, according to the Ukrainian army. The explosions shook buildings in the city center. The Kyiv military administration also said that rocket fragments struck several districts of the city, particularly residential areas.
06:52
EXPLOSIONS HEARD IN Kiev
Explosions occurred in Kiev on Tuesday as Ukraine tried to repel a drone attack on its capital. Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported explosions about an hour after the regional military administration reported the discovery of drones in the city's airspace. “Drone debris is burning (…) in Desnyansky district,” the elected official wrote on Telegram.
06:37
Russian rockets to Kyiv
Several missiles flew towards Kiev on Tuesday morning, shortly after air warnings were issued across the country about the threat from Russian bombers. “Kiev – stay in emergency shelters. Many missiles are flying (at you),” the Ukrainian Air Force said on Telegram.
06:07
Fear of bomb attacks in Kyiv
The Ukrainian military issued air warnings across the country on Tuesday, warning that missiles could be launched by Russian bombers. “Missile danger in areas where there is an air alert! Danger from cruise missile launches from Tu-95MS aircraft. A total of 16 Tu-95MS strategic bombers are in the air,” the Air Force statement on Telegram said. A few hours earlier she had warned that Russian strategic bombers were in action.
06:06
WELCOME
Hello everyone. Welcome to TF1info to follow the latest news surrounding the war in Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022, after the Russian invasion ordered by Vladimir Putin.
Vladimir Putin vowed on Monday to “step up” Russian attacks in Ukraine in retaliation for the Ukrainian army's unprecedented bombing of the Russian city of Belgorod on Saturday. “We will increase attacks, no crime against civilians will go unpunished, that is a certainty,” Putin said during a visit to a military hospital, reiterating that these attacks will be carried out “on military facilities.”
This statement follows several days of escalation in hostilities between Russians and Ukrainians following the attack that killed 25 people in Belgorod, Russia, on Saturday, and a missile attack on Ukraine on Friday that killed forty people .
“We are attacking with precision weapons the places of decision-making, the places where soldiers and mercenaries gather, other centers of this kind, primarily military facilities,” Putin continued.
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He called the Belgorod bombing a “terrorist act” that left 25 dead and more than a hundred injured on Saturday, and accused Ukrainian forces of striking “right in the center of the city, where people were walking in front of New.” New Year. However, Mr Putin believed that “Ukraine is not an enemy in itself” and accused the West of using the Kiev authorities to “solve its own problems” with Russia.
The Russian president also assured that, in his opinion, Moscow forces now have the “strategic initiative” on the front in Ukraine, where they have been losing ground since the failure of the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the summer.
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