10:05 a.m
2 dead in Zaporizhia region
Russian artillery fire killed two people in the Zaporizhia region, the region's governor announced. A 54-year-old man and a 63-year-old woman died in Plavni. A 76-year-old woman was injured in this shooting in southern Ukraine.
09:45.
Crimea and Kursk targeted by Ukrainian missiles, Russia says
Russian regions on the border with Ukraine and Crimea have fallen victim to attacks from Ukraine, Russia said on Wednesday morning. An “airstrike” targeted Kursk Oblast. Electrical infrastructure and pipelines are affected, the regional governor said on Telegram in a message discovered by Lemonde.fr. In addition, a missile was fired off the coast of Sevastopol, said the governor of this city in Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014.
9:20 a.m
The Polish Foreign Minister calls for further sanctions against Russia
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski is calling on the West to “tighten sanctions” against Russia and equip Ukraine with “long-range missiles.” He called on allies to respond to recent Russian airstrikes with “a language Putin understands.”
We should respond to the recent attack on Ukraine in a language Putin understands: by tightening sanctions to prevent him from producing new weapons from smuggled components, and by providing Kiev with long-range missiles that will allow the country Destroy launch sites and command centers.
— Radosław Sikorski ???? (@sikorskiradek) January 3, 2024
09:05.
Amélie Oudéa-Castéra: “We don’t care what Putin thinks”
“We don't care what Putin thinks” and these are the IOC rules that will apply to Russian athletes during the Paris 2024 Olympics, said Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, the French sports minister, this Wednesday on France 2. As Amélie Oudea-Castéra was asked to comment on the Russian president's statement in mid-December that the IOC risked “burying the Olympic movement” by requiring Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete under a neutral banner at the Paris Olympics To participate, she replied: “We don't.” I don't care what he thinks.” “There are rules set by the IOC. It is the IOC that has the power to decide who participates and who does not,” she said.
08:45.
Volodymyr Zelensky: “No other state has ever repelled such attacks”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video on Tuesday evening that “no other state has ever repelled such attacks.” “No other state has ever repelled such combined attacks: both drones and missiles, including air-launched ballistic missiles,” he said. According to the Ukrainian president, “From December 29 to today, Russia has already used almost 300 missiles and more than 200 Shahed drones against Ukraine.”
08:33.
“Aerial targets” shot down near Belgorod, Russia
The governor of Belgorod Oblast in Russia, Vyacheslav Gladkov, announced this Wednesday morning that “several aerial targets were shot down as they approached the city.” He did not provide further information about possible damage or victims. Belgorod lies on the border with Ukraine and suffered a strike last Saturday that killed 25 people.
08:26.
Is the Kinjal rocket really “invincible”?
08:11.
UN calls Russian attacks “alarming”
In a press release, U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine Denise Brown called Russian attacks “alarming” that left hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians “without power (and) without water” at a time when temperatures in the Ukraine are negative.
08:05.
Kyiv urgently wants more military aid
The Ukrainian president's chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, said in the evening that he had discussed these attacks with White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan and “the importance of strengthening Ukraine's air defenses.” The head of Ukrainian diplomacy, Dmytro Kouleba, urged an acceleration of Western deliveries of “additional air defense systems, combat drones” and “missiles with a range of more than 300 kilometers.”
08:01.
Russian bombings on Nikopol, Kherson and Kharkiv last night
Several cities in Ukraine were bombed by Russian forces on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday. This was the case in Kherson, which was hit by 121 rockets between Tuesday and Wednesday, the regional head of the military administration said on Telegram. Residential areas, an administration building, school buildings, a library and a gas station were damaged. No injuries were reported. In Kharkiv, residential buildings were bombed at night without causing any injuries. In Nikopol, the city was also bombed, but there were no injuries.
08:00.
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