Irina Pogorelaya, Olga Robeyko11:03, 12/29/22
The air raid is prolonged, it was announced after 6:00.
On the morning of Thursday, December 29, an air alert was announced in all regions. As reported by the operational command “South”, at 5:33 an air raid alert was announced in the southern regions. Later, anxiety spread to all areas.
OK “South” reported that the Russians put two surface missile carriers on combat duty in the Black Sea. 16 “Caliber” are ready for launch. In addition, the activity of strategic aviation is observed
According to the speaker of the Odessa OVA, Sergei Bratchuk, another submarine has been added to the launch vehicles in the Black Sea. This is another plus four “Caliber”.
Updated 08:00. The head of the Nikolaev OVA, Vitaly Kim, reports on the first launches of Russian missiles, they fly in the direction of Sumy.
Air Raid Map as of 08:04
OVA head Aleksey Kuleba warns about the threat of rocket attack on the Kyiv region.
Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the President’s Office, reports that Russia plans to launch more than 100 missiles on December 29 in several waves. “The approach of the first to Kyiv – approximately at 08:15. Cities east of Kyiv – arrivals may be earlier. Air defense begins work on missiles,” he wrote.
Updated 8:30. Sounds of explosions are heard in Kyiv and the region. According to preliminary information, air defense is working.
It is officially reported that the Air Defense Forces of Ukraine are working in Kyiv.
Updated 09:05. A series of loud explosions in Kyiv. The KGVA reports that air defense is working.
Updated 09:09. Debris of a downed rocket damaged a private building in the Darnytskyi district and a car parked nearby.
Later, the mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, confirmed the information about the explosions in Kyiv.
Klitschko announced possible interruptions in electricity and water in Kyiv and urged to make supplies.
Updated 09:43 In Kiev, fragments of downed rockets damaged two private houses in the Darnitsky district, the city military administration reported.
An industrial enterprise in the Goloseevsky district and a playground in the Pechersky district were also damaged.
Information about the victims is being specified.
Power outages in the Kiev metro:
Updated 10:08. At the moment, three victims are known in Kyiv. They are two adults and a 14-year-old girl. All were hospitalized, said the mayor of the city Vitali Klitschko.
Updated 10:34. According to preliminary information from the air defense forces, 16 missiles were shot down over Kyiv.
Updated 10:53. Consequences of the “arrival” in the Darnytsia region.
Updated 10:30 . They report on the work of air defense in the Chernihiv region.
Updated 8:36. The speaker of the Odesa OVA, Sergei Bratchuk, said that subdivisions of OK “Sever” had successfully shot down one of the missiles over the Sumy region.
They also write about the sounds of explosions in the Odessa region. Previously, the air defense system also worked.
09:46 The OP reports that in the village of Stepovoe, Odessa region, rocket fragments hit a residential building.
08:46. Rockets are fixed over the Zhytomyr region. “Missiles over the Zhytomyr region have been detected. Air defense is working. Stay in cover!” – writes the head of the Zhytomyr OVA Vitaly Bunechko.
08:52. Lviv region is in the throes of a missile attack, according to the chairman of the OVA Kozitsky.
09:50. 90% of Lviv is without electricity. Trams and trolleybuses do not run around the city. Water supply interruptions are possible.
08:53. Vitaly Kim reported that over the sea in the Nikolaev region, air defense forces shot down 5 enemy missiles.
08:56. Air defense works in the Poltava region, said the head of the OVA Lunin.
09:13. There are arrivals in Kharkiv, the mayor of the city of Terekhov reports.
09:23 Air defense works in Lviv region – chairman of the OVA Kozitsky
09:55. There are now 63 missiles in the sky over Ukraine, said the head of the Khmelnytsky region Gamaly.
When the Russian Federation can launch a missile attack on Ukraine
Military experts and the Armed Forces of Ukraine are confident that Russia plans to strike at Ukraine on the eve of the New Year holidays or in their midst. Thus, the head of the Joint Coordinating Press Center of the Defense Forces of the South, Natalya Gumenyuk , named signs that testify to the intentions of the Russians to launch a massive attack on Ukraine precisely on holidays.
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Alexei Danilov said that the war has no holidays, so there is a possibility that cities will be shelled on New Year’s Eve. We must be prepared for anything, although so far there is no information on preparations for bombing on specific days.
(C)UNIAN 2022