Battles near Avdeevka, 56 military clashes, enemy shelling, attacks on Orekhov and Vremenny Yar, a plane collision at Tokyo airport. How will the 678th day of a full-scale war be remembered?
As a result of the Russian attack on January 2 in Ukraine, five people were killed and, according to the State Emergency Service, almost 130 were injured. Elimination of the consequences of another Russian strike continues. Residents of Kiev, Kiev region and Kharkov were killed, President Vladimir Zelensky noted.
The head of state emphasized that Russia will be responsible for every life taken.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny said that today the Air Force set a record by shooting down ten Russian supersonic Kinzhal missiles with the help of the Patriot air defense system.
“If these missiles had hit their targets, the consequences would have been catastrophic” “, – wrote the commander-in-chief. He thanked his partners for their help and noted that there is no reason to believe that the enemy will stop here: “Therefore, we need more systems and ammunition for them.”
You can read more about the consequences of the massive morning attack here.
Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that 56 military clashes occurred during the day.
In the east and south of Ukraine, the operational situation remains difficult, despite the fact that the enemy has reduced the intensity of attacks in all directions of the front. In the Avdeevsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled 18 enemy attacks. The enemy did not conduct offensive actions in the Maryinsky direction.
The enemy carried out 66 air strikes, including drones of the “Shahed-136/131” type, and carried out 2 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are deaths and more than 100 injured and wounded civilians, including children. More than 100 private residential and apartment buildings, other civil and industrial infrastructure in Kiev, Kharkov, Lugansk, Donetsk, Zaporozhye, Kherson, Nikolaev and Odessa regions were destroyed and damaged.
More details about the operational the situation as of 18:00 on January 2 – in our news.
In the morning, the Russians carried out two airstrikes with guided bombs on the city of Orekhov, reports the Zaporozhye OVA.
As a result of the impact, the house was mutilated, the entire entrance was destroyed.
A resident of one of the apartments of the house, a 75-year-old woman, was taken to the hospital with injuries.
Russian occupiers attacked the private sector of the city of Chasov Yar, Donetsk region. As a result of the shelling, 2 people were killed.
Chairman of the Donetsk OVA Vadim Filashkin calls for the evacuation of residents of the region due to daily danger.
“Two people were killed as a result of shelling of the Chasovoyarsk community. The Russians hit the city with artillery, and the private sector was in the affected area. A 55-year-old woman and a 38-year-old man received injuries incompatible with life,” he said.
< p class="MsoNormal">Also, one person was injured in Krasnogorovka, Maryinsk community.
The crew of the BpAK of the 73rd maritime center of the Special Operations Command discovered a Russian artillery reconnaissance complex 1K148 “Yast-” in the southern direction occupation forces, the MTR press service reported.
MTR operators and the Defense Forces unit 140 ORB adjusted the HIMARS fire to the Russian artillery reconnaissance complex.
Ukrainian defenders destroyed the Yastreb-AV complex of the Russians with precise fire.
The MTR recalled that the Yastreb-AV is considered the most modern Russian radar system, it is used for reconnaissance of artillery firing positions. The complex is capable of tracking the trajectory of enemy missiles and calculating the exact coordinates of enemy artillery positions. This data is then transmitted to artillery to engage positions.
An Airbus A350 passenger plane and a coast guard plane collided at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, killing five of its six crew members. A Coast Guard aircraft was delivering aid to victims of yesterday's powerful earthquake. . All 379 passengers and crew of the Japan Airlines plane miraculously escaped the fire after the collision. The Airbus A350 burst into flames when it skidded onto the runway around 6 p.m. It was later consumed by flames despite rescuers' efforts to extinguish the fire. Before this, everyone on board was evacuated.
A Japan Airlines representative said the plane took off from Shin-Chitose Airport on the mountainous northern island of Hokkaido. The collision occurred shortly after landing.
Haneda, one of Tokyo's two main airports, closed all runways after the incident.
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