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Six hundred seventy -seventh day. Online "Medus"

“Medusa” since February 24, 2022 is following the Russian invasion of Ukraine live. Read the Chronicle of events on December 31, see the photos of the previous day of the war here .

Main news:

• In Belgorod, a four -year -old girl who suffered during the shelling of December 30 died. In total, 25 people were killed when hit in the city center.
• Putin called Belgorod’s shelling a terrorist attack on December 30. He threatened to increase blows to Ukraine.
• On New Year's Eve, Ukraine underwent a massive attack of drones. The Armed Forces said that 87 drones were shot down.
• In the Odessa region, as a result of the attack of drones, a teenager died, three more people were hospitalized with injuries.
• The center of Donetsk fell under fire on New Year's Eve. Four people died.

January 1, 2024 09:00:43

Hello! Today is the first day of 2024 and the 677th day of a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. In this broadcast, we will continue to monitor the main events related to the war. Thank you for reading us.

January 1, 2024 09:00:59

The main events of December 31

January 1, 2024 09:08:32

On New Year's Eve, Ukraine underwent a massive attack of drones. Armed Forces said that 87 drones were shot down

As the Air Force commanded the Air Force, the Russian military on the night of January 1 launched a record number of drones of the Shakud type around Ukraine.

In total, the APU was recorded by 90 drones from four directions: Cape Chaud, Balaklava (Crimea) and Kursk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Krasnodar Territory). It is claimed that 87 of them were shot down by the Ukrainian military.

In addition, the Armed Forces were informed, Russian troops struck four anti-aircraft controlled missiles of the S-300 in the Kharkov region, and also launched three X-31P anti-radar missiles in Ukraine and one X-59 missile from the seized territories of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions. Whether these missiles were knocked down, it is not reported.

In most regions of Ukraine, air alarm was declared along the route of drones.

“In fact, air defense worked in all regions. The air attack was repelled by mobile fire groups of defense forces, fighter aircraft and anti -aircraft missile units of the air forces, ”the Air Force Air Force commanded.

January 1, 2024 09:21:51

The night attack of drones lasted 11 hours , the defense forces of the south of Ukraine specified . In total, 51 drones were shot down in the south of the country: 28 drones - in the Odessa region, 14 - in the Nikolaev region, five in the Vinnitsa region, two in the Dnipropetrovsk region, one at a time in the Kherson and Kirovograd regions.

The defense forces of the South stated that the goals of the Russian military were a port infrastructure of the Odessa region . In one of the port terminals, a fire broke out as a result of the hit, which was quickly extinguished. People were not injured.

Part of the drones, approved by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the troops of the Russian Federation were specially sent to residential quarters. As a result of the fall of downed drones, at least three apartment buildings, three private houses, and outbuildings were damaged. One person died, three were hospitalized.

The head of the military administration of the Odessa region, Oleg Kiper, said that a 15-year-old teenager died as a result of the attack. Three people with injuries and burns got into hospitals, four more received medical care on the spot.

In the Nikolaev region, after an attack by drones, an entering the infrastructure facility was recorded. There was a fire that has already been extinguished. There was no information about the victims.

In the Vinnitsa region, the wreckage of a downed drone damaged a garage and glazing of several houses. People were not injured.

January 1, 2024 09:26:18 PM

Air alarm has been announced throughout Ukraine

The command of the Air Force Air Force recorded the take-off of the Russian MiG-31K aircraft in the North Caucasus. In the east of the country, warns the command, there is a threat to the use of ballistic weapons.

Update. After about two and a half hours, the air aircraft notification was canceled .

January 1, 2024 09:36:53

The center of Donetsk fell under fire on New Year's Eve. Four people died

The Donbass Palace Hotel, Kalininsky and Budennovsky districts of the city, came under fire, the authorities of the self -proclaimed DPR said . They assigned responsibility for a massive blow to the center of Donetsk at the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

As a result of the blows, four people were killed, another 13 were injured, the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin said. According to TASS in the operational services of the self -proclaimed republic, one journalist was killed, another was wounded.

The representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Maria Zakharova called the shelling of Donetsk on New Year's Eve the act of the "terrorist animal". At the same time, she did not comment on the shelling of Ukrainian territories by Russian troops on the night of January 1.

January 1, 2024 09:49:44 PM

January 1, 2024 10:10:25 PM

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January 1, 2024 10:33:26

In the Shevchenkovsky district of Kiev, the blockages continue to disassemble after the missile strike on December 29, said the head of the city’s military administration, Sergei Popko.

According to the latest data, 28 people were killed as a result of shelling in Kyiv.

January 1 in the city declared the day of mourning.

• On December 29, Russian troops struck one of the most massive blows across Ukraine, using more than 150 missiles and drones. Kyiv, Kharkov, Dnipro, Odessa, Lviv, Zaporozhye came under fire. According to the latest data from the Ukrainian authorities, as a result of attacks throughout the country, more than 40 people were killed, at least 150 were injured.

January 1, 2024 10:39:59 PM

Over the past day, six districts of the Belgorod region fell under shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said the head of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov.

In the Shebekinsky city district, the village of Krasnoye fell under the mortar shelling. As a result, one peaceful resident died. Damaged a store and a power line. The store seller was injured, it was hospitalized.

January 1, 2024 10:48:00

Morning summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces. The main thing at 6:00

• Over the past day, the troops of the Russian Federation inflicted 13 missile and 127 aircraft strikes, made 181 shelling from volley systems on the positions of the Armed Forces and settlements of Ukraine.
• 55 combat clashes occurred. In the Kupyansky direction, the Ukrainian military recaptured 11 attacks of the enemy near Sinkovka and Petropavlovka of the Kharkov region.
• In the Limansky direction of the Russian Federation, the assault operations in the Makeevka region of the Lugansk region.
• In the Bakhmut direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine reflected 10 enemy attacks near Bogdanovka and Andreevka, Donetsk region.
• In the Avdeevsky direction of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces, 18 attacks of the enemy in the areas of the steppe, Avdeevka, Pervomaisky and Nevelsky Donetsk region were repelled.
• In the Maryinsky direction, the Ukrainian military repelled four attacks of Russians in the area of ​​Novomikhailovka, Donetsk region.
• In the mining direction, the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces repelled the enemy’s attack by the harvesting Donetsk region.
• In the Zaporizhzhya direction of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, five attacks were reflected near the worker and south of Novodarovka, Zaporizhzhya region.
• In the Kherson direction of the Armed Forces, measures are continued to expand the bridgehead. The troops of the Russian Federation are trying to knock out Ukrainian units from occupied positions, despite significant losses. During the day, the Russians made 13 unsuccessful attacks on the position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
• Ukrainian aviation struck 11 areas of concentration of enemy personnel. The units of the APU missile forces were struck by nine areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, three ammunition depots and the enemy control point.

During the war, it is impossible to quickly check the information that even official representatives of the conflicting parties distribute.

January 1, 2024 10:56:21

A peaceful resident died during the shelling of the Kherson region

Russian troops fired at the village of Veratuskoye near Kherson, said the head of the military administration of the Kherson region, Alexander Prokudin.

A 73-year-old civilian resident was mortally wounded. Rescuers took her body from the rubble of the destroyed house. Another local resident was hospitalized for 50 years.

As the prosecutor's office of the Kherson region clarifies , the wounded is the daughter of the deceased. The department began a pre -trial investigation into criminal proceedings on the fact of violation of the laws and customs of war.

January 1, 2024 11:07:59

Over the past day, the Russian army fired at the territory of 15 regions of Ukraine, the media center of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports.

In total, from different types of weapons - mortars, tanks, artillery, RSOs, air defense systems, with the use of drones and tactical aviation - 151 settlements and 149 infrastructure facilities were attacked.

There are dead and wounded among civilians, the number of victims is specified.

January 1, 2024 11:21:18

The consequences of the attack of Russian drones in Ukraine

On the night of January 1, the troops of the Russian Federation attacked the cities of Ukraine with drones. In total, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 90 drones were launched. It is claimed that 87 of them were shot down by the Ukrainian military. In addition, Russia produced eight missiles in Ukraine, including four S-300 missiles.

As a result of the attack in the Lviv region, the Museum of Roman Shukhevich was destroyed, and the building of the Lviv National University of Nature Management was also damaged, in which Stepan Bandera studied about 100 years ago.

In the Odessa region, a squeeze infrastructure and residential buildings were injured. A 15-year-old teenager died, three more people were in hospitals with injuries.

January 1, 2024 11:40:49 am

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on infrastructure strikes by Ukrainian airfields

The agency claims that on December 31, the Russian troops struck the “high-precision aircraft weapon” on the infrastructure of airfields in Ukraine, on which the Storm Shadow cruise aircraft launches were based.

“The purpose of the blow has been achieved. All objects are amazed, ”the department said. Where these airfields were, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation does not specify.

On December 31, Ukraine was twice anxious because of the Russian MiG-31K equipped with Kinage type hypersonic missiles. During one of the alarms, it was reported in Kropyvnitsky (Kirovograd region) and Krivoy Rog (Dnepropetrovsk region).

During the war, it is impossible to quickly check the information that even official representatives of the conflicting parties distribute.

January 1, 2024 11:46:25

In the summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense, it also reported that the Russian military also impressed the unpound production enterprise in the area of ​​the city of Chuguev, Kharkov region, four fuel warehouses for military equipment of the Armed Forces in the regions of Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk and the settlement of Konstantinovka, Nikolaev region.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Russian troops on the night of January 1 attacked the territories of Ukraine with drones. In particular, the drones were shot down in the Odessa, Nikolaev and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

In the Odessa region, a port infrastructure and residential buildings were injured, local authorities said. A 15-year-old teenager died. Three people with injuries and burns got into hospitals, four more received medical care on the spot.

January 1, 2024 11:46:47

January 1, 2024 11:50:10

Putin called Belgorod’s shelling a terrorist attack on December 30. He threatened to increase blows to Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived at the Vishnevsky hospital in the suburbs. There he met with participants in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, who undergo treatment and rehabilitation there.

Among other things, he commented on the shelling of Belgorod on December 30. Putin believes that it was a "purposeful blow to the civilian population."

“What happened in Belgorod is, of course, a terrorist act. Because under the cover of two missiles, they hit from the systems of volley fire, MLRS. What is MLRS, you like the military know. This weapon is indistinguishable, beating in the squares. And with this weapon they hit the city center. Just a targeted blow to the civilian population, ”Putin said in a conversation with one of the military.

The president added that “he himself boils everything because of the shelling of Belgorod. According to him, the Russian Federation in response to such shelling hits military facilities. “We will do so. You noticed that the very next day such blows were inflicted. And today, in my opinion, they are applied, and tomorrow we will do it, ”he said.

“They [Ukrainians] want to intimidate us and give rise to uncertainty within the country. We will increase blows. Not a single crime against the civilian population will remain unpunished, ”Putin added.

January 1, 2024 12:13:23 PM

Other statements by Putin:

• Ukraine itself is not an enemy for Russia, its enemy is those in the West who want the defeat of the Russian Federation;
• The situation on the battlefield in a special operation changes, the enemy is gradually blown away;
• Russia wants to complete the Ukrainian conflict as quickly as possible, but on its conditions;
• Putin said that he generally satisfactorily assesses the course of the “special operation”;
• The commanders of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation learned to act carefully, not to carry out combat missions “at all costs”;
• Russia has a sustainable economy and a financial system;
• The Russian business “immediately intercepted” the niches released from the Russian Federation by Western companies.

January 1, 2024 12:40:41 PM

The air defense forces shot down the Ukrainian intelligence drone over the Klimovsky district of the Bryansk region, said Governor Alexander Bogomaz. According to him, there are no victims and destruction.

In turn, the head of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine repeatedly fired at the village of Krasnoye Shebekinsky City District.

“There are no victims. There is damage to the power line, subscribers of the village of Krasnoy, the Mukhin farm and partially sat down by the non -Zhegol and Ascension fall under the shutdown. Emergency brigades began to eliminate the consequences, ”he said.

Over the past day, the village had already fallen under the shelling of the Armed Forces. As a result, one person died, another was injured.

January 1, 2024 13:06:24

The consequences of the shelling of Donetsk

The authorities of the self -proclaimed DPR reported that the Ukrainian military fired at the Donetsk center on New Year's Eve. As a result of the blows, four people were killed, another 13 were injured. The head of the self -proclaimed Republic Denis Pushilin said that the APU fired at the city with cassette ammunition.

January 1, 2024 13:38:17

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January 1, 2024 13:55:20

After the visit to the Vishnevsky hospital, Putin met with the military of different types of Russian troops in his residence Novo-Ogarsky, the Kermle press service reports .

Motor rifles, tankers, paratroopers, special forces, marine infantrymen, pilots and sailors from different sections of the front came to the meeting. Putin asked them to tell how they are fighting there.

Putin said that the meeting is "if not family, then such household, friendly." He congratulated the military on the New Year, drank champagne with them and promised the military as a gift a table of personal weapons. After that, the president and his guests went to dinner. Further, their meeting is claimed to be closed.

January 1, 2024 14:00:46

January 1, 2024 14:05:17

In the airspace of the Kyiv region, a drone was found. The air defense forces worked in the region, local authorities report .

Air alarm has been announced in Kiev and the region. At the same time, the APU Air Force command warned of the threat of ballistic strikes in the Kharkov, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya and Donetsk regions.

January 1, 2024 14:23:25

The new generation of Sea Baby marine drones was equipped with a flamethrower system for shelling of Russian ships. This is stated in the article "Ukrainian Truth", which is dedicated to Ukrainian sea drones.

The publication published a video of how the drone fires on the coastal ships of the Russian Federation.

According to journalists, in the new generation of Sea Baby, the fighting unit was increased several times. Now the drone, the statement, may not carry 108, but 850 kilograms of explosives.

In addition, Sea Baby is equipped with “best” communication systems, each of which costs more than 300 thousand dollars, and the drone body is made from the material invisible to radars.

According to the article, it was the new Sea Baby on July 17, 2023 that the Crimean bridge was damaged.

January 1, 2024 14:47:24

The shelling of the territories of Ukraine

• The troops of the Russian Federation fired at the artillery of the village of Yuzhnaya in the Donetsk region, said the head of the military administration of the region Vadim Filashkin. The 65-year-old peaceful resident died.
• In the Kharkov region, the Russian military fired at the village of Kupyansk-Uzlova twice a day. One of the shells hit the roof of a five -story residential building. During the shelling of the village of Dvorechnaya, a local resident died.
• In the Sumy region, the Russian drone hit the residential two -story building. The building partially collapsed. Three people were pulled out of the rubble alive.

January 1, 2024 14:54:11

The consequences of the Russian attack in Odessa

On New Year's Eve, the Odessa region was attacked by Russian drones. The Armed Forces reported that 28 drones managed to knock down. As a result of the attack in one of the port terminals, a fire occurred. The wreckage of the downed drones damaged at least three apartment buildings, three private houses, and outbuildings. The 15-year-old teenager died. Three people with injuries and burns went to hospitals.

January 1, 2024 15:00:27

A four -year -old girl who suffered during the shelling on December 30 died in Belgorod

According to the governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov, the child was in a hospital in serious condition with injuries of the chest and internal organs.

Thus, as a result of the shelling of Belgorod on December 30, 25 people were killed, five of whom are children. Based on the latest data, 109 people were injured.

• Ukrainian troops fired at the center of Belgorod on the afternoon of December 30. This has become one of the strongest attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city since the beginning of a full -scale war.
• Russia stated that the blow to Belgorod was inflicted with the participation of the UK. Putin called the shelling of the city with a terrorist attack and promised to increase blows to Ukraine.
• Sources of the Ukrainian media in the special services of Ukraine said that Belgorod’s blow was a response to the massive shelling of Ukrainian cities, carried out by the Russian Army on the night of December 29.
• In response to a blow to Belgorod, the troops of the Russian Federation struck Kharkov. 28 people were injured, among the victims - a British journalist.

January 1, 2024 15:15:46

January 1, 2024 15:36:37

On January 1, Vladimir Putin held two meetings with participants in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He visited the Vishnevsky hospital in the suburbs and accepted military personnel of different types of troops in his residence in Novo-Ogarsky.

January 1, 2024 15:39:50

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