The US-supplied precision missiles delivered a new setback for Russia, which in recent months has reeled from a Ukrainian counteroffensive. 9News
On Monday, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that 40 drones "headed for Kyiv" overnight. All of them were destroyed, according to air defence forces.
In the outlying Kyiv region a "critical infrastructure object" and residential buildings were hit, Governor Oleksiy Kuleba said.Russia has carried out airstrikes on Ukrainian power and water supplies almost weekly since October. Moscow's full-scale invasion on February 24 has gone awry, putting pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin as his ground forces struggle to hold ground and advance. He said in his New Year's address to the nation that 2022 was "a year of difficult, necessary decisions."
The Russian forces attacked the city of Beryslav, the official said, firing at a local market, likely from a tank. Three of the wounded are in serious condition and are being evacuated to Kherson, Yanushevich said.Seven drones were shot down over the southern Mykolaiv region, according to Governor Vitali Kim, and three more were shot down in the southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region, Governor Valentyn Reznichenko said.
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