Russian missile attack: Injury toll rises to 130
At least 130 people were injured, five were killed, and more than 250 civilian objects were damaged in Russia's large-scale missile attack on Ukraine on Tuesday, January 2.
02 January 2024
At least 130 people were injured, five were killed, and more than 250 civilian objects were damaged in Russia's large-scale missile attack on Ukraine on Tuesday, January 2.
Ukraine's air defense forces destroyed five Russian Lancet kamikaze drones and a ZALA reconnaissance drone of the invaders over the Kherson region on January 2.
The Russian army has shelled the Nikopol district in Ukraine's southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region with artillery and kamikaze drones.
One person was killed and 62 others were injured in Russia's missile attack on Kharkiv on January 2.
NATO Allies strongly condemn Russia's massive missile attacks against Ukraine and are committed to further bolstering Ukraine's air defenses.
Russian artillery shelling in the Chasiv Yar community, Donetsk region, has killed two civilians.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, said after Russia's massive attack on Tuesday that Ukraine needs more Patriot air defense systems to repel enemy attacks.
As of 04:00 p.m., January 2, 2024, five people were killed and 119 injured in Russia’s latest massive attack on Ukraine’s territory.
Russian troops have shelled the Dnipropetrovsk region’s town of Nikopol with artillery, injuring two men.
Following the massive missile attack on Ukraine’s territory, Russian occupation troops actively used reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles.
Over the past day, the number of Russian assault actions in the Kherson region has increased to 18.
In the Donetsk direction, the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have adjusted HIMARS fire to hit Russia’s Buk surface-to-air missile (SAM) system.
One person was killed in Russia’s missile strike on Kharkiv, and the number of those injured grew to 52 people.
Russia launched nearly 100 missiles of various types at Ukraine, almost 60 of which were shot down on approach to Kyiv.
In Kyiv, the number of those injured in an apartment building destroyed by a Russian strike in Solomianskyi district has increased to 49.
In Kharkiv, 45 people have been injured in Russian missile attacks on the city center, 38 of them are now in hospitals, and one of the patients is in a coma.
As of January 2, 515 children have been killed in Ukraine as a result of Russia’s full scale invasion.
In the area of the Tavria operational and strategic grouping of troops, the Russian occupation forces reduced the number of combat engagements and intensified tactical aircraft activity. At the same time, the Defense Forces eliminated 357 invaders and 50 pieces of enemy military equipment over the day.
One person was killed and another 43 were injured in a massive missile attack on Kyiv city.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed his condolences to the loved ones of those killed in Russia's large-scale missile attack on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine.
Ukraine's air defense forces destroyed 72 enemy targets on January 2, including 10 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missiles.
Due to the shelling on January 2, almost 260,000 consumers in Kyiv were cut off from electricity and substation equipment in Kyiv region was disconnected.
Ukraine's air defense forces in Kyiv destroyed all of the 15 Shahed attack UAVs, over 60 Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 missiles and 10 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missiles.
In Kyiv, due to a Russian missile attack, there is a temporary power outage in some buildings in the Shevchenkivskyi, Sviatoshynskyi, Podilskyi, Holosiivskyi, and Obolonskyi districts.
Russia's morning missile attack has killed two people in the Fastiv district, Kyiv region.
Russian troops attacked Kharkiv with Kinzhal and S-300 missiles this morning.
Russia's morning missile attack on Ukraine has caused a blackout in the Bucha and Vyshgorod districts of the Kyiv region.
Russia's missile attack on Kharkiv has killed a woman and injured 41 people.
Sixteen people have been injured in an apartment building in Kyiv's Solomianskyi district, where a Russian missile attack caused a fire.
Russia has already lost about 360,820 troops in Ukraine (+810 over the past day).