Selenskyj: Russia fires more than a hundred missiles at Ukraine

Selenskyj: Russia fires more than a hundred missiles at Ukraine

Moscow had used "almost all types of weapons", Selensky explained. These included Kinschal hypersonic missiles, S-300 missiles, cruise missiles and drones, the Ukrainian president listed. Strategic bombers had fired air-to-ground cruise missiles, he added. Most of the missiles had been repelled by the Ukrainian army.

For its part, the Ukrainian air force claimed to have destroyed 114 of 158 drones and missiles launched by Russia.

Klymenko stated that five people had been killed in the attacks in the Dnipropetrovsk region alone. Two more people were killed in Odessa, two in Kiev and one each in Lviv, Zaporizhia and Kharkiv.

The governor of Dnipropetrovsk, Serhiy Lysak, said that almost 15 people had been injured in the region. According to local authorities, numerous people were injured in the capital Kiev and in Odessa. According to the authorities, eight people were injured in the city of Kharkiv in north-eastern Ukraine.

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine, Denise Brown, spoke of a "hate-filled wave of attacks on residential areas in Ukraine". The attacks are "another unacceptable example of the terrible reality" facing the Ukrainian people, which has made 2023 "another year of enormous suffering", Brown said on X.

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1. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine continued, with Moscow launching more than a hundred missiles towards Ukraine, as President Volodymyr Selensky mentioned.
2. Selenskyj: Russia used hypersonic Kinschal missiles, S-300 missiles, cruise missiles, and drones in their attacks, the Ukrainian president explained.
3. The Ukrainian army was able to repel most of the missiles launched by Russia, but Kiev and other cities still suffered significant damage.
4. Ihor Klymenko, a political figure from the Dnipropetrovsk region, reported five fatalities in the area due to the Russian attacks.
5. In addition to Dnipropetrovsk, two more people died in Odessa, two in Kiev, and one each in Lviv, Zaporizhia, and Kharkiv, according to information provided by local authorities.
6. Serhiy Lysak, the governor of Dnipropetrovsk, stated that nearly 15 people were injured in the region as a result of the Russian attacks.
7. Similar reports of injured individuals were received from Kiev, Odessa, and Kharkiv, which is located in north-eastern Ukraine.
8. The incident sparked a strong response from the UN, with Humanitarian Coordinator Denise Brown condemning the "hate-filled wave of attacks on residential areas in Ukraine."
9. Brown described the attacks as "another unacceptable example of the terrible reality" faced by the Ukrainian people, who have endured enormous suffering throughout 2023.
10. The Russian military's use of missiles and drones also drew the attention of international organizations, such as the World Air Forces, which closely monitored the situation.
11. On Twitter, people frequently shared videos and images of the destruction, with many calling for peace and an end to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

Source: www.stern.de