Russia launched North Korean ballistic missiles into Ukraine - Kirby
During its recent missile attacks on Ukraine, Russia used at least several ballistic missiles that it received from North Korea to circumvent international restrictions.
04 January 2024
During its recent missile attacks on Ukraine, Russia used at least several ballistic missiles that it received from North Korea to circumvent international restrictions.
During the day, the Russian invaders launched eight kamikaze drones and fired off artillery six times in Nikopol region.
In the southern operational zone, Ukraine’s defense forces employed HIMARS to destroye Russia’s Strela-10 air defense system.
If some of the U.S. weapons are past their expiration date and are set to be destroyed, they should instead be donated to Ukraine as they have a good chance of still being effective on the battlefield.
Ensuring the supply of additional air defense systems and missiles is the number one priority for Ukraine.
At around 15:00, the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the command post of the Russian occupation troops just outside Sevastopol.
Russian invasion forces shelled the central district of Kherson, injuring a local woman.
The air raid alarms in the Mykolaiv and Kherson regions are connected with the persisting threat of Russian ballistic missile strikes.
Russian troops have shelled the Kherson region’s village of Novotiahynka, injuring a woman.
Following Russia’s recent missile attack on the Kirovohrad region, one worker of Ukrenergo National Power Company has been killed and four injured.
In the Tavria sector, Russian invaders have increased the number of snipers.
The Russian army has shelled the Marinka community in the Donetsk region with artillery, killing one person and injuring another.
A Russian Su-34 fighter bomber has been burned out at the Shagol airfield in Chelyabinsk.
A woman who was injured in Russia's missile attack on Kharkiv on January 2 has died in the hospital.
The NATO-Ukraine Council will hold a meeting at the level of ambassadors on Wednesday, January 10, to discuss Russia's recent missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian cities.
Russian invaders almost doubled the number of combat engagements in the Tavria sector in the past 24 hours, continuing to launch airstrikes and shell Ukrainian positions with artillery.
A Russian missile strike on an industrial facility in Kropyvnytskyi has left one person dead and another injured.
On Wednesday, January 3, Russia’s invasion forces launched six mortar and barrel artillery strikes on the territory of Chernihiv region close to the border.
Russian invasion forces launched mortar and artillery strikes targeting communities in the Krasnopillia and Druzhba districts of Sumy region.
In Ukraine, as of the morning of January 4, Russia’s full-scale aggression killed 515 children, injuring another 1,182.
As of 08:00 on Thursday, January 4, Russia has two warships deployed in the Black Sea, with no missile launchers among them.
Two Russian one-way attack UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type were destroyed in the early hours of Thursday over Ukraine’s Khmelnytskyi region.
Russia has already lost about 362,280 troops in Ukraine (+780 over the past day).
On the night of January 4, 2024, Russian troops launched a missile strike on the central part of the Donetsk region’s Kurakhove.
The number of people killed in Russia’s missile attack on the city of Kyiv, which took place on December 29, 2023, increased to 32.
Russian troops have shelled the Dnipropetrovsk region’s town of Nikopol, causing damage to detached houses, household buildings and gas pipelines.
In the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s Air Force has struck 12 enemy personnel clusters.
On the evening of January 3, 2024, Russian troops launched two missile strikes on the city of Kharkiv, presumably with the S-300 missiles.
Ukraine has expressed interest in Japan’s anti-drone laser guns that are now at the prototype stage.
Russian invaders will likely attempt to adapt to Ukrainian air defense capabilities in order to bypass them and cause destruction and casualties.