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Bombs & Missile Strikes: Russia's 'hypersonic rain' leaves a trail of destruction in Ukraine
Fp Staff •Ending weeks of relative calm in Kyiv and other cities, the hypersonic missile attacks killed at least six people, knocked out power in several areas and damaged three electrical plants, Ukrainian officials said
Russian Blitzkrieg: '81-missile-attack' across Ukraine was 'revenge' for Bryansk, says Moscow
Ajeyo Basu •at least nine people were reportedly killed and a key nuclear power plant was left without electricity supply as Russia launched a fearsome barrage of missiles and drones on several cities across Ukraine
WATCH: Ukrainian soldiers using cars to toe mobile 2B9 Vasilek automatic 82mm gun-mortar
Ajeyo Basu •In a video that has gone viral on social media platforms, the crew of a 2B9 Vasilek automatic 82mm gun-mortar of the Ukrainian army can be seen towing the gun with a civilian car
In '81-missile-attack', Russia targets Ukrainian power infra as nuclear plant left without electricity supply
Ajeyo Basu •Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, the Black Sea port of Odesa and the country’s second-largest city of Kharkiv were all hit as the Russian missiles hit a wide arc of targets, stretching from Zhytomyr, Vynnytsia and Rivne in the west to Dnipro and Poltava in central Ukraine
Second-largest Ukrainian city gets street light back after more than a year
•Kharkiv lies about forty kilometres (25 miles) from the Russian border and has been subjected to regular bouts of deadly shelling. Car headlights had been the main source of lighting in the city
Ukraine fines Kharkiv mayor for using Russian language on social media posts
Rakshit Sharma •The mayor has maintained that while the official communication will be done in Ukrainian, he will keep speaking to the people of the city in Russian
Russian shelling of Kherson leaves at least three dead, six injured
•Russian shelling of Ukraine's southern city of Kherson left at least three people dead on Sunday, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, while a strike on Kharkiv killed one person, according to the regional governor
Russian strikes hit key infrastructures in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv
•It wasn’t immediately clear whether several facilities in Kyiv were targeted or just the one that was reported hit. The Ukrainian capital hasn’t been attacked with missiles since New Year’s night, January 1
Russia, Ukraine exchange 50 soldiers each in prisoner swap
•Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin directed the Russian Defence Sergey Shoigu to order a ceasefire in Ukraine from 6-7 January
Russian missile 'cemetery' in Kharkiv recalls human cost of war in Ukraine
•The missiles, according to Ukrainian authorities, were used against some important residential areas, like North Saltivka and Oleksiivka. They estimate that at least 1,700 people have been killed by shelling, including 44 children, in Kharkiv and its surroundings