Russian attack on Kyiv killed and wounded

A fresh air attack hit the Ukrainian capital Kyiv yesterday at dawn, requiring a state of alert before it was lifted hours later, after dozens of Russian strikes before and just after the New Year that left at least five dead and dozens the wounded. The head of the military administration of Kyiv, Sergei Popko, addressed the residents via Telegram with the words: “Stay in shelters!” He added: “Air defense is working … and the balconies and windows of a skyscraper are damaged” in the northeast of the city. For his part, Aleksey Kuleba, a spokesman for the regional military administration, said that “the Russians launched several squadrons of Iranian-made Shahed drones,” explaining that the strikes were aimed at “basic infrastructure.” And the mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, said that a 19-year-old man was injured by glass fragments. And Ukrainian air defense previously confirmed that they shot down 47 Russian marches and missiles. In turn, the Ukrainian private electricity company Dtek said that the attack caused “damage” to facilities supplying Kyiv with electricity, which led to a power outage. National Electricity Company Okrinergo confirmed the outage, saying the situation was “completely under control.” On the other hand, Russian authorities yesterday said that a Ukrainian drone had struck an energy facility in the Bryansk region on the border with Ukraine, and confirmed that they shot down a Ukrainian reconnaissance drone, this time heading for the large city of Voronezh. “As a result of this strike, an electrical facility was damaged, there is a village that is deprived of electricity,” said Alexander Bogumaz, akim of the region. On Sunday, Ukrainian authorities announced four dead and 50 wounded in Russian strikes before and just after the New Year in Kyiv and seven other regions. For its part, Moscow has confirmed that it is targeting drone businesses. And in the center of Kyiv on New Year’s Eve, a rocket pierced the facade of a hotel. The head of the local police, Andrei Nepetov, posted a photo on Facebook, which shows that these are the remains of a procession with the inscription “Happy New Year” in Russian. The Ukrainian Air Force also claimed to have shot down 45 Shaheed drones on Saturday evening. Later on Sunday evening, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated that “the enemy carried out 35 air strikes, including using a +136+ drone”, confirming the destruction of all drones launched by Russia. President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday evening that the Russians are “losing. Drones, rockets and everything else will not help them, because we are together. He added: “They will not take our independence from us. We won’t give them anything. We will respond to every Russian strike (…) on all our cities and residents.