Up to 40 people injured and 170 facilities damaged overnight, says Ukrainian interior minister

Roman Petrenko - 24 January, 15:35

A child sits beside an adult on fold-out camp beds inside a makeshift shelter. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Russia has killed a person and injured about 40 others, including two children, during a combined attack across Ukraine on the night of 23-24 January.

Source: Ihor Klymenko, Ukraine's Interior Minister, on social media

Quote: "One person has been killed in Kyiv, about 40 people across Ukraine are injured.

More than 170 facilities have been damaged: energy infrastructure, more than 60 apartment buildings and 80 civilian vehicles."

Details: Klymenko added that nearly 11,000 invincibility centres are operating nationwide. [Invincibility centres are heated premises stocked with food and power banks to assist residents facing hardships due to power cuts – ed.]

Background: On the night of 23-24 January, Russian forces conducted a combined strike on Ukraine using a mix of air-launched and ground-launched missiles as well as attack drones. A total of 396 aerial assets have been deployed; 372 aerial assets were destroyed or jammed.

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