Kyiv City authorities have reported the discovery of another civilian's body, bringing the total death toll from the Russian missile attack on Kyiv on December 29 to 29 victims. The body was found on 1 January.
Russia sought to overwhelm Ukraine's air defenses by using decoy missiles, looping trajectories, and even Poland's airspace in the massive 29 December strike
A mobile fire group of Ukraine's Pechersk Brigade of National Guard shot down Russian cruise missile with machine gun fire in Kyiv Oblast during Russia's massive 29 December missile attack against Ukraine.
ISW beleives the strikes pursued hindering Ukraine's effort to expand its own defense-industrial base, which it has ramped up to sustain itself in the war.
Russia launched over 150 missiles at cities across Ukraine in its largest aerial attack of the war so far, American President Joe Biden said the assault shows the need for more aid to Ukraine and urged Congress to "take urgent action." Separately, a former Russian officer revealed how Russia orchestrated the conflict in eastern Ukraine since 2014.
The Russian missile killed 44-year-old Viktor Kobzystyi, Ukrainian basketball player, coach, and international master of sports of Ukraine. He played for the Ukrainian national team at the European Championships in 2001 and 2005
Russia launched Kinzhal hypersonic missiles at a Ukrainian airfield last week for the first time since August. Missiles missed, and Ukraine intercepted some, per UK intelligence.
Today Russia launched a missile strike on Kyiv and Starokostiantyniv, firing three Kinzhal hypersonic ballistic missiles. Ukrainian air defense forces intercepted one of the Kinzhals,
Russian massive attack with 10 ballistic missiles and 10 Shahed drones injured 53 people, including 6 children. The eldest wounded is 80 years old and the youngest is 5 years old.