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Kharkiv city and Kharkiv region are under missile attack, says head of military administration
The city of Kharkiv and the Kharkiv region are “under the attack of enemy rockets,” said the head of the military administration of the Kharkiv region, Oleh Syniehubov, in a Telegram post on Thursday.
“According to preliminary information, there are 4 rocket hits, probably S-300, in the Nemyshlianskyi and Osnovianskyi districts of the city of Kharkiv,” he said.
“Critical infrastructure is targeted. Rescuers are working on site. Information about destruction and casualties is being clarified,” Syniehubov said.
)Syniehubov also said that “the danger has not yet passed” and urged residents to stay in shelters.
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Russian attacks leave at least three injured in Kyiv, says the mayor of the city
By Olga Voiytovych in Kyiv
At least three people were injured, including a 14-year-old boy, in Kyiv this Thursday as a result of the latest Russian attacks according to the mayor of the Ukrainian capital.
Two people were rescued from the rubble of a destroyed house, Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said in an update on Telegram.
“Missile fragments damaged a car in a from central streets”, said the mayor.
Rescuers continue search and rescue operations, according to Klitschko.
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90% of Lviv has no electricity after Russian attacks, says mayor
By Olga Voitovych
Lviv Mayor Andrii Sadovyi said that 90% of the western city is without electricity and also warned of interruptions in water supply as a result of the Russian attacks on Thursday.
“90% of the city is without electricity. We are waiting for more information from the power engineers. Trams and trolleybuses do not run through the city. There may be interruptions in the water supply. We are switching to diesel generators at critical infrastructure facilities,” Sadovyi said on Telegram.
In the capital Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Kitschko earlier warned residents about potential power outages and water after the Russian attacks.
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Russian missiles damage industrial facilities and houses with missile fragments, say Kyiv officials
Russia’s attack on the Ukrainian capital on Thursday damaged homes, an industrial facility and a playground, according to the Kyiv city military administration.
“Two private houses in the Darnytskyi district were damaged by the fragments of the downed missiles. An industrial enterprise in Holosiivskyi district and a children’s playground in Pecherskyi district were also damaged,” the administration said on Telegram.
Air defenses are still working and authorities were working to clarify information about the victims, the administration said.
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Russia fired more than 120 missiles at Ukraine, says Zelensky adviser
By Olga Voitovych
Russia fired more than 120 missiles at cities in Ukraine on Thursday, said Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak.
“29.12.22. More than 120 missiles on Ukraine launched by the ‘evil Russian world’ to destroy critical infrastructure and kill civilians en masse”, said on Twitter
Aircraft sirens sounded across Ukraine Thursday morning as officials reported missile strikes and the activation of air defense systems in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Zhytomyr and Poltava, among other cities.
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Kyiv mayor warns that there will be power and water cuts after Russian attacks
By Olga Voitovych in Kyiv
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Kitschko warned residents of possible power and water cuts after Russian missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital on Thursday.
“There may be power outages in Kyiv. Charge your phones and other devices. Have a water supply,” he said in a Telegram post.
Ukraine was hit with a fresh round of Russian missile strikes on Thursday, with explosions heard by the CNN team in Kyiv.
Aircraft sirens also sounded in several cities as officials reported missile strikes and the activation of air defense systems, including Kharkiv in the northeast, Mykolaiv in the south, as well as Zhytomyr and Poltava in central Ukraine.
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Russia carried out “massive missile attack” against Ukraine, says Odessa official
By CNN’s Olga Voitovych and Victoria Butenko
Russia carried out a “massive missile attack” in Ukraine on Thursday morning, according to a communiqué from the head of the Odesa regional state administration Maksym Marchenko on Telegram.
“Defense is working in the region now,” Marchenko said, calling on residents to stay in shelters.
Emergency power cuts were further introduced in Odessa, said the Ukraine’s largest energy group, DTEK, in a statement on Telegram.
“They are introduced due to the threat of missile attacks to prevent significant damage if the enemy manages to attack energy facilities,” the statement said.
1 hour ago
Aircraft sirens sound in Ukraine while explosions are heard in Kyiv
By Irene Nasser
Oleksii Kuleba se meets with the press in Kyiv on April 16. (Hannadii Minchenko/Ukrinform/NurPhoto/AP)
Explosions were heard in Kyiv on Thursday, according to the CNN team on the ground, while air defense systems were activated in the capital region, Oleksii said Kuleba, head of the Kyiv regional military administration.
“After the night attack of self-exploding drones, the enemy is attacking Ukraine from various directions with air and sea cruise missiles from aircraft and strategic ships,” the Ukrainian Air Force said.
Anti-aircraft sirens also sounded in several cities as officials reported missile strikes and the activation of air defense systems .
A series of explosions were also heard in Kharkiv, the city’s mayor Ihor Terekhov said, adding that according to preliminary reports, hits from incoming rockets were recorded.
“Information about which targets were hit and whether there were casualties is still being clarified,” said Terekhov.
In the southern Mykolaiv region, five missiles were intercepted over the sea, said the chief of the military administration of the region, Vitaliy Kim.
In central Ukraine, missiles were also registered in the Zhytomyr region and air defense systems were activated, according to Vitalii Bunechko , head of its regional military administration.
In the Poltava region, east of the Dnipro River, explosions were also heard and air defense systems were activated, said Dmytro Lunin, head of the Poltava regional military administration.
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Russia will not negotiate under the terms of Zelensky’s peace plan, says Lavrov
By Irene Nasser and Josh Pennington
Moscow will not negotiate with Kyiv on the basis of the peace formula proposed by President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday, according to state media.
Lavrov told the agency RIA Novosti state that Zelensky’s idea to expel Russian troops from Donbas, Crimea, Zaporizhia and Kherson with the help of the West was “an illusion”.
He also ruled out the idea that Kyiv would get reparations or that Russia would appear before international courts.
“We will not talk to anyone under such conditions,” Lavrov said.
Lavrov emphasized, however, that Russia remains open to diplomatic solutions to end the war.
The peace plan: Zelensky presented Ukraine’s 10-point peace formula to world leaders at the summit of the Group of 20 in Bali, Indonesia, in November.
The steps include a path to nuclear safety, food safety, a special tribunal for alleged Russian war crimes and a final peace treaty with Moscow. He also urged the G20 leaders to use all their power to “make Russia abandon nuclear threats” and implement a maximum price on energy imported from Moscow.
During his speech before the US Congress last week, Zelensky claimed that US President Joe Biden had endorsed the plan.
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Ukraine says Russians moved from key eastern city to other settlements
By Radina Gigova and Olga Voitovych
As fighting continues near the key Ukrainian city of Kreminna, in the eastern Lugansk region, Russian civilians who had come to the city have stopped working and left, chief Serhiy Hayday said Wednesday. of the military administration of the Luhansk region, in a television interview.
“In fact, the military command has been transferred [from Kreminna] to other settlements. All the Russians who they came to work, the civilians (doctors, repair crews) have stopped working, everyone has gone to the Russian Federation, and all the work that was started is now frozen,” Hayday said.
Why Kreminna matters: If the Ukrainian army is able to drive the Russians out of Kreminna, then it could go in two directions, Hayday said.
“There are two perspectives.The first is to go to Starobilsk, which is the logistics center of the Lugansk region.Whoever controls Starobilsk will be able to control all the logistics of the Lugansk region with firepower. In other words, there are almost no roads left along which the enemy could quietly move personnel or equipment,” Hayday said.
“The second direction is towards Rubizhne and Severodonetsk. This is to break the grouping, which is now constantly, around the clock, advancing towards Bakhmut. It could split in two and consequently make the defense for the military who are defending Bakhmut easier.”
Some background: Kreminna has been busy since spring and is on a key north-south highway from Svatove, which Russian troops had been using to resupply.Losing Kreminna would limit Russia’s ability to resupply its troops in the key city of Severodonetsk.
