Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 313 of the invasion - The Guardian

A New Year’s Day onslaught connected a analyzable successful the Russian-controlled metropolis of Makiivka has killed scores of precocious mobilised troops sent by Moscow, according to reports connected some sides, successful what could beryllium 1 of the deadliest known incidents involving Russian conscripts truthful far. Without claiming the strike, Ukraine’s subject bid said up to 400 Russian soldiers were killed successful the incidental successful the metropolis successful the Moscow-controlled parts of the Donetsk region. Pro-Russian authorities precocious connected Sunday acknowledged that determination were casualties, but did not remark connected the Ukrainian figures.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has praised Ukrainians for showing gratitude to the troops and 1 different and said Russia’s efforts would beryllium useless. “Drones, missiles, everything other volition not assistance them,” helium said of the Russians. “Because we basal united. They are agreed lone by fear.” Ukraine’s aerial defence systems worked done the nighttime to bring down incoming drones and to pass communities of the approaching danger, Reuters reported.

Several waves of Russian drones targeted captious infrastructure successful Ukraine’s superior of Kyiv and surrounding areas aboriginal connected Monday morning. Air raid alerts were issued successful Kyiv and crossed eastbound Ukraine, opening conscionable earlier midnight and inactive wailing hours later. Debris from a destroyed drone deed Kyiv’s northeastern Desnianskiy district, wounding a 19-year-old antheral who was aboriginal taken to hospital, the city’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

The Ukrainian ministry of defence claimed it changeable down 39 Iranian-made Shahed drones, arsenic good arsenic a cruise missile, past night. Earlier we reported that Ukraine’s determination subject bid successful the country’s eastbound said aerial defence systems destroyed 9 Iranian-made Shahed drones implicit the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions by the aboriginal hours of Monday. Zelenskiy, added that “45 ‘Shaheds’ were changeable down connected the archetypal nighttime of the year” successful his Monday evening address.

Ukraine has published the latest figures successful narration to Russian losses since the opening of the penetration past February. It says an estimated 107,440 Russian soldiers person been killed, portion it claims to person destroyed 283 craft and much than 3,000 Russian tanks.

Over the past 5 days, Russian and Ukrainian forces person astir apt been warring for power of the P66 highway, northbound of the Russian-held Luhansk municipality of Kremina, the UK Ministry of Defence reports. The P66 is simply a “key proviso way for the bluish conception of Russia’s Donbas beforehand from the Belgorod portion of Russia” and its usage has been disrupted by Ukrainian artillery since October, the ministry adds.

As a effect of overnight strikes connected the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, vigor infrastructure facilities were damaged, causing powerfulness and heating outages, metropolis politician Klitschko said connected Monday.

Ukraine’s astir elder defence officials person said they judge Russia volition attempt a 2nd penetration from the northbound in the adjacent mates of months, utilizing troops who person been grooming for the past 3 months since being mobilised successful October. But the Ukrainian forces defending the borderline accidental the Russians volition not beryllium capable to interruption done arsenic they did successful February, erstwhile the Sumy portion had nary antiaircraft lines.

Russia claimed its strikes against Ukraine connected New Year’s Eve – including the motorboat of much than 20 cruise missiles that killed astatine slightest 3 radical – were targeting its neighbour’s drone production. A children’s infirmary was among the buildings said to person been deed by Russian shelling. Ukrainian officials assertion Russia is deliberately targeting civilians to sow fear.

Russian leaders issued a bid of defiant messages up of the caller year. President Vladimir Putin said Russia would “never springiness in” to the west, and was warring for its “motherland, information and justness … truthful that Russia’s information tin beryllium guaranteed”.