Russia strikes Ukraine's Kropyvnytskyi, killing one person: reports

Russia has carried out a missile attack on Ukraine's central city of Kropyvnytskyi, killing one person and injuring eight, according to news outlets.

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Russia struck Kropyvnytskyi on Thursday, targeting the city's energy facilities, the RBC-Ukraine news agency reported.

The Russian attack, likely using a Kh-59 cruise missile, killed one employee of a local energy company, and injured a further eight, according to officials.

Several buildings and a power line were also damaged, RBC-Ukraine reported.

As a result, there were power and water outages in some parts of Kropyvnytskyi, which have since been fixed, local authorities said.

⚡️As a result of a rocket attack in Kropyvnytskyi, one of the facilities of "Ukrenergo" was damaged - it is known about the dead and 5 wounded.

The relevant information was specified by the Ministry of Energy.

"The facility of PC Kirovoрradoblenergo was also damaged - 2 energy… pic.twitter.com/WDkZ1gtbiz

— FLASH (@Flash_news_ua) January 4, 2024

In the early hours of Thursday, Ukraine's air defences shot down two Russian Shahed drones over the western Khmelnytskyi region, the Ukrainian News Agency reported.

Russia also fired three anti-aircraft guided missiles on the northeastern Kharkiv province and the eastern Donetsk region, according to officials in Kyiv.      

‼️On the night of January 4, 2024, the enemy attacked with two UAVs of the "Shahed-136/131" type from the southeast. Both were destroyed in Khmelnytskyi. pic.twitter.com/krDxTqrkkr

— ZMiST (@ZMiST_Ua) January 4, 2024

Thursday is day 680 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, launching the largest military campaign in Europe since World War II.

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Source: RBC-Ukraine, Ukrainian News Agency, war.ukraine.ua