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Last night Russian troops struck the Dnipropetrovsk region’s Nikopol district with heavy artillery three times. The relevant statement was made by Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration Head Valentyn Reznichenko on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Russians struck the district with heavy artillery three times. Over 20 projectiles were fired at peaceful cities and villages. They hit the Chervonohryhorivka community, Marhanets and Nikopol,” Reznichenko wrote, adding that civilians remained unharmed. In Marhanets, Russian projectiles caused damage to several houses, an industrial enterprise, filling station, shop, gas pipeline and power grid. In Nikopol, four houses were seriously damaged, as well as a production…

Evacuation efforts and humanitarian aid deliveries continue in the city of Kherson. 84% of consumers are connected to heat and water supply services, but the situation across the region is more challenging. The relevant statement was made by Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Tymoshenko at a briefing, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. According to Tymoshenko, Kherson received the first mobile concrete bomb shelter, and it was installed in the downtown area. In the near future, a few more mobile bomb shelters will be delivered to the city. Evacuation efforts continue. Over the past four days,…

As a result of the Russian invasion, more than 16,000 people were killed in Ukraine, and more than 1,000 bodies were exhumed from mass graves. According to Ukrinform, the relevant report was issued by the publication ZMINA, referring to the response from the main investigative department of the National Police of Ukraine. "In 2022, as a result of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 16,502 people were killed. The National Police discovered 21 mass graves in the de-occupied territories, were 1,033 bodies of civilians and soldiers were exhumed," the report says. Thus, according to the National Police, the largest number of…

The Russian forces launched another missile attack on Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region. Pavlo Kyrylenko, head of the Donetsk regional military administration, said in a Telegram post, Ukrinform reports. "Another missile attack on Kostiantynivka was carried out by the Russian occupation forces. Fortunately, there were no casualties. The Russians targeted a road in the private [residential] sector, damaged the fence of one of the houses," the official wrote. He added that rescuers and the police are working at the scene. As reported, on January 9, Russian invaders shelled the city of Kostiantynivka and the village of Kurakhivka In Donetsk region, injuring at…

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has promised to provide more information about the destruction of a Russian vessel on January 9 after clarification. According to Ukrinform, the General Staff said this in a Facebook post. "Some more information about the enemy ship/boat will be provided after clarification," the General Staff said. Ukraine's defense forces eliminated about 112,470 Russian invaders from February 24, 2022 to January 10, 2023, including 710 people in the past day alone. Read also: Ukrainian air defense forces down Russian drone in Mykolaiv region On January 9, Ukrainian defenders also destroyed four tanks, seven…

Ukrainian law enforcement officers have registered 80,692 crimes related to Russia’s full-scale invasion. The press service of the Prosecutor General's Office provided the relevant data, Ukrinform reports. In particular, prosecutors registered 63,243 crimes of aggression and war crimes, including 60,477 crimes on violating the laws and customs of war, 67 crimes on planning, preparing or initiating and waging a war of aggression, 41 crimes on propaganda of war. In addition, law enforcement officers registered 17,449 crimes against national security. Of these, 10,380 were related to encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine, 1,929 - related to treason, 4,008…

Russian invaders struck 19 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region over the past day. Civilian infrastructure was damaged. "Over the past day, the occupiers shelled the civilian infrastructure in the area of Orikhiv, Huliaypole, Dorozhnianka, Malynivka, Novoandriivka, Luhivske, Shcherbaky, Kamyanske, Mali Shcherbaky, Stepove, Zaliznychne, Olhivske, Novodanylivka, Charivne, Mahdalynivka, Mala Tokmachka, Bilohirya, Plavni settlements," the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration posted on Telegram with reference to the regional police data. The region residents filed six reports on the destruction of houses (apartments) and infrastructure objects in the attacks. ol

A woman has been killed in a Russian missile strike on a market in Shevchenkove, Kharkiv region. Oleh Syniehubov, the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, said this in a post on the Telegram messaging app, Ukrinform reports. "According to updated information, unfortunately, a 60-year-old woman died. All other victims were hospitalized. Medics are helping them," he wrote. The deputy head of the President's Office, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, published a photo of the rescue work to remove people from the rubble at the market in Shevchenkove, Kharkiv region, which was shelled by the Russians this morning. "Rescuers from the Kharkiv…

Ukraine's air defense forces of the Air Command South destroyed a Russian attack and reconnaissance drone in the Mykolaiv region while it was approaching the Ochakiv port from the sea at around 09:00 on Monday, January 9. According to Ukrinform, the Air Command South said this on Facebook. "The enemy continues to conduct aerial reconnaissance using unmanned aerial vehicles, and units of the Air Command South accurately destroy them. On January 9, at around 9 o'clock, the air defense forces of the Air Command South destroyed a Russian attack and reconnaissance drone of the operational and tactical level when it…

The National Police of Ukraine has opened 57,499 criminal proceedings over the crimes committed by the Russian military and their accomplices in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion started. The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Internal Affairs Ministry, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Since the Russian armed aggression in Ukraine started, the National Police of Ukraine has opened 57,499 criminal proceedings over the crimes committed by the Russian military and their accomplices,” the report states. Most criminal proceedings (45,818) were opened over the violation of laws and customs of war. Additionally, about 10,000 criminal proceedings were related to the encroachment…