Kharkiv
Two people were injured and fires broke out, including in a residential building, as a result of Russian strikes in Kharkiv region.
A technological accident involving a fire occurred at a gas pipeline in the Kharkiv region, but it will not affect gas supply to consumers, and no one was injured.
Over the past day, russia launched 11 missile strikes, 78 air strikes and 82 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems at Ukrainian positions and localities.
In Vovchansk, Kharkiv region, 3 large fires broke out due to enemy shelling, setting a cafe, a church and a residential building ablaze.
An oil pipeline explosion occurs in the Kharkiv region, causing a 70-meter flame column and melting asphalt within a 40-meter radius due to the intense heat.
During a fire in the basement of a nine-story building in Kharkiv, rescuers evacuated 15 residents, including 3 children, and rescued a kitten.
This week, border guards have not yet recorded any attempts by enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups to enter Ukraine, nor have they detected any build-up of Russian troops on the border.
The explosions occurred in Kharkiv. Earlier, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote about the launch of the CABs in Kharkiv and Donetsk regions.
There are currently no prerequisites for evacuation from Kharkiv. Russians are spreading fake news about it to cause anxiety and panic among the population.
A 59-year-old school bus driver from the Kharkiv region collaborated with the Russian occupiers by transporting their troops and weapons on a repainted school bus between the front line and the Russian city of Belgorod.
According to Mayor Ihor Terekhov, Kharkiv is in a danger zone. The city is under attack by the "Shahed".
Due to Russian attacks and cold weather, Ukraine is facing electricity shortages, which have resulted in consumption restrictions for business and industry from 6 to 10 pm, with the exception of critical infrastructure and defense enterprises, while households in Kharkiv region continue to experience power outages.
No hostile attacks on Kharkiv were recorded, but 22 localities in the region came under artillery and mortar fire, including with the use of guided aerial bombs and drones, which caused material damage but no casualties.
TikTok has blocked 24 hostile channels that spread Russian propaganda and false information about Ukraine, including channels of fugitives from Ukraine.
Germany has launched a global initiative called Immediate Action on Air Defense (IAAD) to address Ukraine's air defense gaps, calling on allies and partners to provide air defense systems to protect Ukrainian cities, troops and critical infrastructure.
Over the past day, 87 combat engagements took place, during which russia launched 4 missile strikes, 57 air strikes and 89 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems at Ukrainian positions and localities.
A russian propaganda channel spreads false information about the "liquidation" of Ukraine's top military leadership, including the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, during a missile strike in Kharkiv region.
Rescuers have extinguished a fire in a production and warehouse building in Kharkiv caused by a fire in the facade insulation over an area of about 600 square meters.
Ukrainian border guards in the Kharkiv region used kamikaze drones to destroy Russian positions, including a camouflaged remote mining complex and an electrical transformer.
Through the Signal messenger, Russians are spreading fake news about the alleged "evacuation" from Kharkiv due to possible encirclement by Russian occupiers, which is hostile disinformation aimed at destabilizing Ukraine.
A man strangled his wife in front of their 5-year-old son in the village of Mali Feski, Kharkiv region, staging it as a "rape" and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Architects Viktor Golubev and Dmytro Reifschneider won an architectural competition in Lviv to create a memorial complex for the war graves of the Heroes of Ukraine. The conceptual design includes a burial area, a memorial park, a museum, a monument to an unknown soldier, a chapel, and a columbarium.
Power outage schedules were extended in Kharkiv region and consumption restrictions were imposed on industrial consumers in Kryvyi Rih, while more than 800 consumers in Sumy and Kharkiv regions were left without gas supply due to shelling.
Kharkiv risks becoming a "second Aleppo" if the United States does not vote for new military aid to help Ukraine obtain air defense equipment to prevent long-range Russian attacks, Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov said.
Russian troops shelled settlements in the Kharkiv region with artillery and aircraft, damaging residential buildings, administrative buildings, and infrastructure, but no hostile attacks were recorded in Kharkiv itself.
Lviv has received 10 new low-floor trams as part of a €200 million framework loan from the European Investment Bank to modernize urban public transport in 10 Ukrainian cities.
The United States delivered 7 powerful transformers to Mykolaiv, which helped provide electricity to more than 400 households after the Russian attacks.
A woman who headed the occupation "rosposta" in Izium after the city was seized was sentenced to 11 years in prison for collaboration with confiscation of property and deprivation of rights for 15 years.
Due to a partial power outage in Kharkiv, some transport routes, including trolleybuses, trams and subways, are not operating as usual, and some customers are experiencing a decrease in water pressure and interruptions in traffic lights.
In the Kharkiv region, Russian forces shelled the village of Zolochiv with a guided aerial bomb, hitting the Ukrposhta building and injuring a 57-year-old woman and a 49-year-old man.