🇺🇦 Ukraine War Update: Day 1,340 of Resistance
🚀 Overnight Attacks on Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk
Russia launched a wave of missile and drone strikes across Ukraine overnight.
- Kyiv: Residential buildings were hit, injuring at least five people, including two children Aljazeera.
- Dnipropetrovsk region: Additional casualties reported as Ukraine’s air force intercepted 50 of 62 drones and four of nine missiles DW.
🧭 Frontline Clashes Intensify
According to Ukraine’s General Staff:
- 71 combat clashes occurred today, with the Pokrovsk direction seeing the heaviest fighting newsukraine.rbc.ua.
- Russian shelling targeted Sumy and Chernihiv regions, affecting multiple border settlements.
📉 Russian Losses
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence reports:
- 900 Russian troops killed in the past 24 hours
- 15 artillery systems and over 80 vehicles destroyed MSN
🛑 Humanitarian Concerns
Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko accused Russia of attempting to “create a humanitarian catastrophe” as winter approaches Aljazeera.