Russian attacks killed at least three people in Ukraine this Friday, January 3, while Ukrainian shooting left two dead in Russian border regions, local authorities in both countries announced.
This Friday evening, January 3, a series of missile strikes hit the city of Chernigiv, in northern Ukraine. “One person killed, 4 injured”indicated on Telegram Dmytro Brijinskyi, head of the military administration of the city of Chernigiv, specifying that the assessment was provisional.
An AFP journalist on site heard three loud explosions in the city in the afternoon. “Today the enemy launched a triple missile attack on a residential area on the outskirts of Chernigiv”for his part, explained on Telegram Vyatcheslav Tchauss, the governor of the eponymous region of the affected city.
93 Russian drones fired
“Search and rescue operations continue”he clarified. Early in the morning, another Russian attack, this time from drones, reached the kyiv region, in the vicinity of the Ukrainian capital.
“One person was killed and four injured in an enemy air attack on the kyiv region”indicated Mikola Kalashnik, interim governor of this region. The victims were hit by falling debris from drones shot down by air defense, according to the governor.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, a total of 93 drones were fired by Russia overnight. Among them, 60 attack drones were shot down and 26 decoys neutralized.
Two dead on Russian soil
The same day, a Ukrainian man was killed by Russian rocket fire in the southern Ukrainian region of Zaporizhia, according to its governor, Ivan Fedorov. “A pensioner died, his wife was hospitalized with injuries”he explained on Telegram.
On Russian soil on Friday, in the Kursk region, a man was killed by a Ukrainian attack. In this region, Ukraine seized dozens of border towns as part of a surprise offensive launched last August.
The victim was a 63-year-old worker who was walking outside near his house, according to Alexander Khinchtein, governor of Russia's Kursk region, on Telegram. He said the slain man had been evacuated and suggested he had returned home without permission from local authorities.
In the Bryansk region, another Russian area bordering Ukraine, a Ukrainian mortar bombardment on the village of Kirillovka left one dead, announced its governor, Alexandre Bogomaz. “Ukrainian terrorists fired mortars at the village of Kirillovka. Unfortunately, the terrorist attack cost the life of a civilian”he said on Telegram.
