Russia and Ukraine exchanged accusations on Monday of launching bombings in the first hours of 2024, which led to deaths on both sides. The Ukrainian Air Force confirmed that Russia launched 90 attack drones hours before New Year’s Day.
Published on: 01/01/2024 – 10:19
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An official announced his appointment Russia To administer the Donetsk region in the east Ukraine Four people were killed in a Ukrainian bombing of the city of Donetsk on Monday, while Ukrainian officials said that Russian air attacks on several Ukrainian regions resulted in the death of at least one person.
Donis Pushlin, the Russian-appointed governor of the Donetsk region, said on the Telegram application that 13 people were also injured in a “violent bombing” launched by Ukrainian forces on the center of Donetsk city, which is the administrative capital of the region.
Oleh Kiper, the governor of the Odessa region, said on Telegram that at least one person was killed and nine others were injured in a Russian drone attack on the port of Odessa in southern Ukraine.
Kiper added that Ukrainian air defense systems participated in repelling the attack, but the falling debris caused several fires in residential buildings in different parts of the city.
On the other hand, the Ukrainian Air Force said that Russia launched 90 attack drones hours before New Year’s Day, Monday. She added via the Telegram application that Ukrainian air defense systems destroyed 87 of them.
Officials in the Lviv region in western Ukraine, bordering Poland, said that a Russian air attack early today, the first day of the New Year, damaged a university building in the city of Dobljany and a memorial on the outskirts of the city of Lviv.
The Ukrainian Air Force said that the Russian air attack also targeted the Mykolaiv and Dnipro regions.
Both sides deny targeting civilians in the war that began with Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
France 24/Reuters
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2024-01-01 09:19:04