Nine Killed When Russian Missile Strikes Apartment Building in Ukraine’s Dnipro

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After a Russian missile hit a nine-story apartment building in Dnipro city, at least nine people were injured and several others were killed. This incident ended two weeks of relative calm within Ukraine.

The attack on one of Ukraine’s most populous cities came in an early-afternoon wave, the 10th mass missile strikes by Russia since early October. The day’s barrage, which included air and sea-launched cruise missiles, also hit infrastructure targets in Kyiv and Kharkhiv. Ukraine’s air defense said Russia probably launched ballistic missiles, undetectable by air defense, from the north. According to the Ukrainian military, it intercepted 25 out of 38 fired missiles.

Prime Minister Rishi Shahanak announced that the UK will send tanks to Ukraine. This would make it the first Western nation in this regard.

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The Key Developments

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• Russian Strike on Ukraine Housing Block Kills At Least Five

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• The UK will send major battle tanks and more artillery to Ukraine

• How Europe Is Muddling Through Putin’s Energy War: QuickTake

Surroundings

Russian troops continue to focus their main efforts on attempts to seize the eastern Donetsk region, advancing towards Bakhmut, according to Ukraine’s Military Staff. The Kremlin continues to bomb various Ukrainian areas, including Kharkiv. Two S-300 missiles were fired at a residential neighborhood, Oleh Syehubov, regional governor, said on Telegram. Over the last 24 hours, Russian forces have carried out more than 95 strikes from multiple launch rocket systems.

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Dnipro Building Dies at Nine (at 8:55 p.m.

According to Valentyn Reznichenko (military administration chief for the Dnipropetrovsk area), at least nine people were killed and 64 more injured when a Russian missile struck a high-rise apartment block in Dnipro.

Ukraine releases images that show a portion of a demolished building with extensive damage to the surrounding areas. Rescuers fought “fighting for every person, every life,” Volodymyr Zeleskiy, Ukrainian President, said. Twelve children were among those who were injured, and over 1,000 people were left without homes.

Zelenskiy said “Russian terror” Only the Ukrainian battlefield can stop them. What’s needed are “weapons that are in the warehouses of our partners and that our troops are so waiting for,” After the attack, he made a statement.

Apartment Building Hit in Dnipro (3.30 p.m.

Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy chief of Ukraine’s presidential office, posted on Telegram a photo of what he said was the the partially-collapsed Dnipro building engulfed in smoke and flames. Also, explosions were reported in Kyiv and Kharkiv as well as as far as the eastern front at Vinnytsia in Vinnytsia in western Ukraine.

Many parts of Ukraine under Air Raid Alert (2:00 p.m.).

A second wave of Russian air attacks hit Ukraine Saturday afternoon. Air defense was active in Odesa and Mykolayiv regions. Air-raid sirens were heard across the country.

Vitaliy Kim, governor of the Mykolayiv region in Ukraine’s south, warned earlier that 17 Russian fighter jets had launched from bases in Russia and warned of potential attacks. Artillery shelling was also reported in and around Nikopol, southwest of Zaporizhzhia, and explosions were reported in Vinnytsia Oblast in Ukraine’s southwest

Saturday marks Russia’s first major wave of air strikes since a brief, self-imposed “cease fire” over Orthodox Christmas a week ago, and the first since a new commander was named to Russian the Kremlin’s war effort.

Sunak and Zelenskiy speak as UK offers Challenger Tanks (12:30 pm.)

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spoke by phone Saturday with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, outlining the UK’s plan to provide Challenger 2 battle tanks and additional artillery systems to Ukraine, according to a UK readout.

The pair “welcomed other international commitments in this vein, including Poland’s offer to provide a company of Leopard tanks,” According to the readout.

The UK would be the first Western nation that sends main battle tanks to Ukraine. The Sun reported that four British Army Challenger 2 tanks are being sent immediately to eastern Europe, and eight more will follow.

Military Official: Russian Missiles Likely To Be Ballistic (10.30 AM)

Ukrainian experts will examine the remains of Russian missiles that were fired on Saturday by Russia to determine their type, a spokesperson for Air Defence, YuriyIhnat, said in a televised interview.

“It is obvious that these were either ballistic missiles or S-300 anti-aircraft missiles flying along a ballistic trajectory,” He said.

Power cuts possible in Kharkiv Region (10 a.m.).

According to Oleh Syehubov (regional governor), electricity could be cut in Kharkiv on Saturday due to Russian strikes against energy infrastructure and other industrial sites.

Oleksiykuleba, Kyiv’s regional governor, stated that 18 private houses were hit by terrorist attacks on Saturday. Russia attacked residential areas in Kopyliv, 50km (31 miles) west downtown Kyiv. There were no reports of any casualties. The capital saw a fire at the so-called non-residential target of infrastructure. It was extinguished.

Poland Slams Russian Offensive from Belarus ‘Real Risk’ (9:30 a.m.)

A new Russian offensive against Ukraine and its capital, launched from Belarus against Ukraine, is underway “real risk,” According to Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish Prime Minister, Saturday’s comments echo recent statements from Ukrainian officials.

“I am afraid of that,” Morawiecki spoke to Radio RMF in an interview. He said this risk is being taken into account by Poland’s allies from the US, the UK and NATO. “That’s why we are boosting our military presence in eastern Poland,” The premier said.

Officials Declare that Russian Missiles Strike Infrastructure In Kyiv (9 a.m.).

Kremlin forces attacked critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine’s capital with missiles on Saturday morning, said Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the presidential office. After several loud blasts, the sound of air raid sirens was heard in Kyiv. An air alert was also issued for the Chernihiv area.

The strike “seems to have been made with operational-tactical ballistic missiles of Iskander type,” potentially launched from Belarus, Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s minister of internal affairs, said on Twitter. There’s been no official confirmation of the type of weapon. Ukraine Air Defense said rockets were launched from the north, but didn’t specify from which airbase.

Explosions took place in Kyiv’s Dniprovskyi district on the east bank of the Dnipro River, said Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. According to the mayor, buildings were also destroyed in the Holosiyivskyi area.

Zelenskiy Seeks European Support to Deliver More Weapons (8:01 a.m.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the nightly address speaker, said that talks this week had helped Ukraine gain more support from Western partners regarding its readiness to deliver more arms. Ukraine’s president spoke on Friday with the leaders of Slovakia and Albania.

“Thanks to the negotiations this week, we managed to significantly strengthen the resoluteness of our partners to increase the supply of weapons to Ukraine,” Zelenskiy said.

German Industry Moves Past Worst of Putin’s Energy Crunch (7 a.m.)

Germany industrial heavyweights fighting an unprecedented energy crunch engineered by Russian President Vladimir Putin are seeing signs the worst of the crisis has passed, and Germany’s move to wean itself of Russian gas is paying off.

Fears of gas rationing have dissipated for the country’s chemicals, metals and glass makers amid mild temperatures and Germany completing its first liquefied natural gas import terminal.

German Industry Moves past the Worst of Energy Crunch Battle

Russia Says Wagner Group Led Soledar Assault (6 p.m.)

The attack on the salt-mining town of Soledar was carried out by different groups of Russian forces, with the direct assault on Ukrainian troops holding the town conducted by the Kremlin-affiliated private mercenary group Wagner, Interfax reported, citing Russia’s defense ministry.

The “offensive actions” They were done according to “a single concept and plan, which provided the solution of a complex of combat tasks,” According to Interfax,

Attack on Ukrainian-occupied areas of the town “was successfully solved by the courageous and selfless actions of” Wagner forces.

Germany Close to a Decision on Leopard Tanks for Ukraine (3:16 PM)

Germany is leaning toward supplying Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine and is likely to make a decision soon, according to two officials familiar with the government’s thinking.

One official indicated that Berlin’s government will make the final decision, before allies’ defense ministers meet at Ramstein Air Base in Germany on January 20th.

Read more: Germany Makes a Closer to a Decision to Send Leopard Tacticals to Ukraine

Ukrainian Troops Recovering From Soledar: CNN (2:30 PM)

Although Ukraine’s armed forces have denied Russia’s claim that Kremlin troops have control of Soledar, Kyiv’s troops are being ferried out of area in “what appears to be a fairly organized pullback,” CNN reported from the area just outside of the town in eastern Ukraine.

CNN stated that rocket and mortar fire continued on Friday.

Ukraine’s 2023 Grain Corridor Shipments Hit 1 Million Tons (1:40 p.m.)

Shipments from Ukraine’s Black Sea grain corridor in 2023 have reached 1 million tons, the country’s infrastructure ministry said in a statement. Since Aug. 1, safe-transit initiatives have allowed food shipments from Ukrainian ports to reach 17.3 million tonnes.

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