Ukraine, Russian raid with 115 drones. Half Kiev with out mild. Zaporizhzhia was additionally affected | EUROtoday

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Russia attacked Ukraine in a single day with 115 drones launched from totally different instructions. The air protection forces managed to shoot down 96 enemy drones, in keeping with the Telegram channel of the Ukrainian Air Force. Rbc Ukraine studies it. According to the navy, the drones launched have been of the Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas sorts, and others launched from Millerovo, Kursk, Oryol, Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia and Donetsk.

The air assault was repelled by plane, anti-aircraft missile items, digital warfare items and unmanned programs, in addition to cellular hearth teams of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

This morning Zaporizhzhia was additionally hit. As a results of the bombing, a fireplace broke out. During the night time, an explosion of unknown origin occurred in a skyscraper in Kharkiv. The accident prompted victims and accidents. Explosions have been additionally heard in Kiev. The capital is presently below assault by Russian drones.

Mayor of Kiev: «Electricity obtainable just for half of residents»

Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko mentioned the Ukrainian capital is dealing with a severe power disaster following assaults by the Russian military that broken infrastructure and that town can solely present electrical energy to about half of its residents. Klitschko – writes Ynet News citing Reuters – declared that that is the largest and most troublesome problem that Kiev has confronted for the reason that Russian invasion and the outbreak of struggle on February 24, 2022.

Ceasefire in Zaporizhzhya for nuclear energy plant repairs

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has introduced a brief and native ceasefire settlement within the neighborhood of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear energy plant, the biggest in Europe and within the fingers of Russian troops since March 2022, to hold out the mandatory repairs to the final reserve energy line of the nuclear plant, out of service because of the assaults of January 2nd. “The IAEA continues to work closely with both sides to ensure nuclear power plant safety and prevent a nuclear accident during the conflict. This temporary ceasefire, the fourth we have negotiated, demonstrates the indispensable role we continue to play,” mentioned Director General Rafael Grossi. An IAEA workforce has left Vienna to oversee the work which is able to start within the subsequent few days. Technicians will attempt to get a “damaged and disconnected” 330 kilowatt line again into operation.