The Air Force of Ukraine reported on Tuesday morning that Russia had again fired several missiles at the capital Kyiv. By the way, numerous explosions rang out in Kyiv, Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said, against the background of Russia’s latest massive attack on Ukraine. The BBC has announced an air threat warning for all regions of Ukraine, The Guardian and Kyiv Independent report.

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09:00 At least 10 people were injured as a result of the attacks on Tuesday morning, the mayor of the capital of Ukraine Vitaliy Klitschko said on Telegram, The Guardian quotes.

08:42 On Tuesday morning in Kyiv, AFP journalists heard a series of more than 10 loud explosions that shook buildings in the center.

According to Mayor Vitaly Klychko, the lights were turned off in several districts of the capital.

“Kyiv – stay in shelters. Many missiles are heading in this direction,” the BBC reported in Telegram, reporting that the Russians are launching Kinzhal missiles, some of them in the direction of the capital.

Debris of the rocket fell on the roof of a multi-story residential building in the Pechersk district, the military administration of the city of Kyiv reported. In the Obolonskyi district, the remains fell in the area of ​​the warehouse, and in the Holosiivskyi district – in the open territory of the park. Klitschko reported that a gas pipeline hit an infrastructure object in the Podilskyi district and was damaged.

Summary for the last 24 hours

• Russia launched a total of 35 attack drones over Ukraine in the early hours of Monday, the Ukrainian Air Force said, adding that its air defense systems destroyed them all.
• Russian drones on Monday attacked a university and museum associated with two of the most prominent defenders of Ukrainian national identity in the 20th century, but local residents vowed to repair what was destroyed, Reuters reported. The first drone destroyed the windows and a large part of the roof of the National Agrarian University, located near Lviv, where Stepan Bandera studied – a hero in Ukraine, but a villain in the eyes of the Kremlin.
• On Monday, Russian troops shelled the Kupyan district of the Kharkiv region with artillery and rockets, as a result of which at least one civilian was killed, according to the Kharkiv regional military administration and the regional prosecutor’s office. The Russian military also shelled the village of Velenske near Kherson, killing one woman and injuring another who was under rubble, the regional military administration reports. Also, at least two civilians died from injuries received after the Russian drone “Shahed” crashed into a two-story residential building in the Sumy region, the military administration and the regional police reported.
• Also on Monday, Vladimir Putin threatened that Russia would “intensify” its attacks on military facilities in Ukraine in response to the unprecedented shelling by the Ukrainian military of the Russian city of Belgorod this weekend. “We will intensify the strikes, there will be no crimes against the civilian population.” will go unpunished, that’s for sure,” Putin said during a visit to a military hospital, stating that these strikes would be “on military targets.” mercenaries gather, other similar centers, primarily military facilities. And they are very sensitive, these blows. This is what we will do next,” Putin added.
• Describing the terrorist attack in Belgorod as a “terrorist act”, as a result of which 24 people were killed and more than a hundred wounded on Saturday, Putin accused Ukrainian forces of striking “right in the center of the city, where people were walking before New Year’s Eve.”
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview published Monday by The Economist magazine that the idea that Russia had won the war was only a “fantasy” and that in reality Moscow was still suffering heavy losses on the battlefield. Seeking Western resources and support, he indicated that the center of gravity of the war must now shift to the Crimea and the Black Sea. Zelensky also said there was no real sign that Russia was interested in peace, and that any sign that Moscow wanted to negotiate meant it had run out of weapons and soldiers.
• If Ukraine loses, Putin will bring his wars closer to the West. “Putin feels weak like an animal because he is an animal. He feels blood, feels his power. And he will eat you for dinner with the EU, NATO, freedom and democracy,” warns the President of Ukraine.