A general alert. The Russian army carried out a series of air attacks in Ukraine, Kiev and Kharkov. The capital’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said several areas of the city were now without electricity. He also reported on Telegram one dead and at least 20 injured. A couple was also killed in the kyiv region, according to the Ukrainian prosecutor’s office. One dead and more than twenty injured were also recorded in Kharkiv, in eastern Ukraine, said regional governor Oleg Sinegubov. Follow our live stream.
A drone attack in kyiv overnight. Around 2 a.m. Tuesday, explosions rang out in kyiv. The mayor, Vitali Klitschko, reported explosions and a fire in the capital. About an hour earlier, the regional military administration said it had detected drones in the city’s airspace.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs is expected to visit Ukraine again. “We are working on a sixth visit from Catherine Colonna in the coming days” in Ukraineannounced Gaël Veyssière, French ambassador to Ukraine, on franceinfo.
Vladimir Putin promises to “intensify” the bombings. On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to“intensify” strikes in Ukraine in retaliation for the unprecedented bombing by the Ukrainian army on the Russian town of Belgorod on Saturday, which left 25 dead, including five children.
Volodymyr Zelensky promises to “ravage” Russian forces. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky promised in his speech for the New Year “ravage” Russian forces in Ukraine, where new strikes in Donetsk and Odessa during the night from Sunday to Monday left five people dead.