Russia-Ukraine war: Record of key occasions, day 678

Because the war enters its 678th day, these are the main traits.

A girl walking all the arrangement through debris and damaged glass after an assault on Russian-occupied Donetsk — Shelling of Donetsk in Russian-occupied Ukraine killed four folks, per local authorities [AFP]

Right here is the sphere on Tuesday, January 2, 2024.

Combating

Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to intensify strikes on Ukraine after the loss of life toll rose to 25 in Saturday’s out of the ordinary raid on the Russian city of Belgorod, not removed from the border. Moscow has blamed Kyiv for the Belgorod assaultwhich came a day after Russia launched some 158 missiles and drones on Ukrainian cities killing 30 folks in Kyiv and in assorted locations.
Ukraine held a day of mourning for Friday’s assault, the deadliest on the capital since Russia started its fleshy-scale invasion in February 2022, as five extra our bodies were recovered from the rubble in Kyiv.
Ukraine’s air defence systems destroyed 87 of 90 drones launched on the country by Russia, a few of which focused port infrastructure in Odesa. Oleh Kiper, the highest of the discipline’s militia administration, talked about a 15-one year-extinct boy used to be killed and 7 folks injured after falling debris from one in every of the drones hit a residential building in the southern city.
Drone strikes and artillery fireplace additionally killed three folks in Ukraine’s Kherson, Kharkiv and Sumy areas, per officials.
Four folks were killed by artillery fireplace in the Russian-occupied jap city of Donetsk, per Denis Pushilin, the Russian-put in head of the broader Donetsk discipline, together with that 14 folks had been injured.
One person used to be additionally killed and one other wounded in shelling on the Russian border city of Shebekino, regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov talked about.

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