In new developments on the ground in Ukraine, local authorities have reported explosions across the country, including the capital Kyiv and Kharkiv to the east and Lviv to the west near the border with Poland.
The Russian shelling killed at least three people and injured six, including a child, according to Ukrainian Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky. Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine General Valery Zaluzhny said Russia fired 69 cruise missiles and 54 of them were shot down.
According to sources on the ground in Ukraine, drones bombed sites in the capital, Kiev, at dawn today, Friday, and a loud sound was heard Several explosionswhile anti-aircraft missiles were launched to repel the attack.
Air defense systems were also activated in a Kherson region in the early hours of this morning, amid reports that at least three explosions were heard.
Power outages at low temperatures
In context, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that most regions of his country are suffering from power outages due to a significant drop in temperatures after the rocket attacks that hit all parts of the country.
Zelinsky also spoke of the difficult situation on the Bakhmut and Solidar fronts north of Donetsk, indicating that Russian forces are trying to seize the Donetsk region before the new year.
New British military equipment
In addition, Britain has sent new military equipment to Ukraine, including bomb and mine defusers, to help it clear land and buildings of unexploded ordnance and missiles left behind by Russian bombing.
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace had announced that his country had allocated two billion seven hundred and seventy million dollars from next year’s budget to help Ukraine militarily.
