Associated Press – Russia's Defense Ministry said Thursday that its air defense forces shot down 10 Ukrainian military air-launched missiles over Crimea as fighting on the front lines remained largely at a stalemate and both sides of the conflict pummeled each other with long-range airstrikes. Announced.
One person was injured by debris from a downed aerial target in Sevastopol, Russia's annexed Crimean peninsula's largest city and main port, regional governor Mikhail Razvozhaev announced.
Russian military bloggers posted videos of air raid sirens blaring in Sevastopol during the day, and traffic was halted on the bridge connecting Russia's Krasnodar region to the peninsula that Russia illegally occupied a decade ago. This span is an important supply link for Russia.
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On Wednesday night, Russia fired two S-300 missiles into the center of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, which has been under air attack almost every day for the past week, regional governor Ole Sinyevov said. did.
One person was killed in Russia's morning missile attack on the central Ukrainian city of Kropyvnitsky, Regional Governor Andriy Rajkovych said on Telegram. He said the attack damaged energy facilities and also targeted industrial areas.
The Ukrainian Air Force said it intercepted two Shahed drones over the Khmelnytsky region in central-western Ukraine, where the important air base of Starokostyantinyv is located.
According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Russia launched more than 500 drones and missiles at targets in Ukraine in five days from December 29 to January 2.
Attacks on Kiev and surrounding areas during the same period left 34 people dead and scores injured, city officials said. Six people were reported killed in a Russian air raid on Kharkov on January 2nd.
Ukraine is pleading with its Western allies to continue supplying it with air defense weapons as Russia ramps up missile and drone attacks over the winter.
NATO and Ukraine's ambassadors are scheduled to meet in Brussels on January 10 at Kiev's request to discuss the country's needs, alliance officials said.
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“NATO allies have already delivered significant numbers of air defense systems to Ukraine and are committed to further strengthening Ukraine's defenses,” said NATO spokesperson Dylan White.
The announcement came a day after NATO announced it would help member countries purchase up to 1,000 Patriot missiles to better protect their territories. The move could allow the allies to further free up their air defense systems for Ukraine.
Also on Thursday, Ukraine's Security Service, known as the SBU, said Russia was planning further cyberattacks on Kyivstar, the country's largest telecommunications provider, after last month's attack disrupted phone and internet services to customers. claimed to have done so.
“The enemy was planning to attack (Kyiv Star) several times in a row in order to keep people connected for as long as possible,” Ilya Vytiuk, head of the SBU's cybersecurity department, said in a statement to Telegram. Stated.
In a statement, Vytiuk blamed the attack on Sandworm, a regular unit of Russian military intelligence that targeted Ukrainian telecommunications and internet service providers.
The statement said the cyber attack primarily affected civilians, but did not have a “significant impact” on military communications as soldiers use different communication algorithms and protocols.
Since the Russian invasion began in February 2022, the Security Service announced that it has thwarted nearly 9,000 cyberattacks against Ukraine's national resources and critical infrastructure.
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