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Russian troops unleashed multiple cruise and ballistic missiles at Ukraine early on Jan. 8, killing one person and wounding over 30, Ukrainian authorities reported.

Explosions were reported in Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kharkiv oblasts.

Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov said that Russia’s attack damaged an enterprise, an educational institution in Kharkiv, and a house in the city of Zmiiv.

According to the latest updates by Syniehubov and a Presidential Office deputy head Oleksii Kuleba, a woman was killed and four more people were injured in Kharkiv and Zmiiv.

At least six explosions were heard in Ukraine’s western Khmelnytskyi Oblast, the regional governor Serhii Tiurin said on Facebook. Local air defenses shot down two missiles over the region According to

Russian forces struck Kryvyi Rih and Novomoskovsk in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, killing a woman and wounding 25 other people, including five children aged between four and 17, the regional governor Serhii Lysak reported.

A shopping mall, more than 20 houses, three administrative buildings, two gas stations, a five-story building, and a car were damaged in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, according to Lysak.

Five explosions were heard in Zaporizhzhia, according to Zaporizhzhia Oblast Governor Yurii Malashko, who said that the missiles hit near residential buildings in the city.

As of 9:30 a.m. local time, four people are known to have been wounded in the attack on Zaporizhzhia, but the number might increase as more information comes in, said Malashko.

The exact number of the missiles launched by Russia and downed by Ukraine’s air defense hasn’t yet been reported.

Earlier, the Air Force warned that Russian Su-35 bomber aircraft were operating just north of the border with Russia and urged residents to take missile threats seriously.

At least 13 heavy bomber aircraft took off from an airfield in Murmansk Oblast in Russia. Mig-31k aircraft were also reported to have taken off from Savasleyka in the Nizhny Novgorod area in Russia.

In winter, Russia has focused on targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure to degrade its industrial capabilities as the war enters its third year.

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