Prosecutor General's Office: 16 people killed, 97 wounded in Russia's largest attack on Ukraine
Kyiv • UNN
As of 12:00, at least 16 people have been killed and 97 wounded in Ukraine as a result of the largest attack by Russia. Two children are already among the victims.
About a hundred people, including children, were injured in the largest nighttime attack by Russians on Ukraine. At least 16 people have been reported dead. This was reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine and representatives of the OGA in the regions, UNN reports.
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Ukraine's Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin says that the following cities were affected by Russia's largest night attack on Ukraine Dnipro, Lviv, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Konotop, Zaporizhzhia. Large-scale destruction. Residential buildings, educational institutions, hospitals.
The terrorist state continues to attack civilians. This morning the enemy fired over one and a half hundred missiles and attack drones at peaceful Ukrainian cities. We know about 16 dead. 97 wounded, including at least two children - 6 and 8 years old. Search operations are ongoing
In particular, in Dnipro five people were reported dead. Twenty people were injured, including a child. The number of victims is being established.
As a result of hostile shelling, a maternity hospital, a shopping center, multi-storey buildings and cars were damaged in the city. Priority measures are currently being taken to record crimes committed by the army of the aggressor country
Instead, in Lviv it was established that 1 person died as a result of the enemy attack. 15 civilians were wounded, 4 were hospitalized.
According to the investigation, on December 29, 2023, the Russian armed forces fired missiles at Lviv. One of the missiles hit the yard of a residential building. The shock wave damaged neighboring houses, a lyceum, and cars.
Search and rescue operations are ongoing. Information about the victims is being clarified.
In Kharkiv , law enforcement officers have established the deaths of people, 13 others were injured. Search and rescue operations are underway, information about the victims is being clarified
According to the investigation, on December 29, from 5:00 to 8:00, the Russian army launched a massive missile attack on Kharkiv. In three hours, the occupiers hit the city 22 times.
Warehouses and industrial buildings, post offices, houses, hospitals, businesses, etc. were damaged in the city. Also, after the missile attack, law enforcement officers found a missile warhead in one of Kharkiv's parks, and bomb squads are working at the scene
Also in Zaporizhzhia four people were reported dead. Many people are currently trapped under the rubble in the city.
Several local businesses were damaged. People are trapped under the rubble of one of the destroyed industrial facilities. Emergency services and law enforcement officers are working at the scene to record another crime of the Russian Federation. The search and rescue operation is underway.
In Kyiv , one person was killed and 25 wounded in a night attack by Russians. Debris was recorded falling in Darnytskyi, Sviatoshynskyi, Podilskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts of the capital.
Civilian objects, warehouses, a subway station building, and cars of local residents were damaged.
Also, according to the head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration, Oleh Kiper , there are two dead and 22 wounded in Odesa as a result of the night strike by Russian Federation. Among the injured are children two children (6 and 8 years old) and a pregnant woman.
He emphasized that the rubble in the city is still being cleared, so the number of wounded may increase.
Addendum
The Ukrainian Air Force said that during the enemy attack on Friday, 114 out of 158 air targets - missiles of various types and strike UAVs - were shot down in the skies over Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Air Force, in cooperation with the Ukrainian Defense Forces, destroyed 27 Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs, 87 X-101/X-555/X-55 cruise missiles.
Recall
DTEK's power engineers are working to restore electricity in a number of regions after a massive attack by Russian occupiers.
So far, 843 families in two communities of Kyiv Oblast are without power supply as repairs are underway. In Odesa, 339 customers are without power due to the shelling. In Dnipropetrovska oblast, customers in one of the districts have been switched to backup power supply.
