Russian overnight attacks killed at least 11 people. Kharkiv was hit and seven were killed, including a three-year-old child. Four residents of the Donetsk region were also killed – two in Yarova and two in Kostiantynivka – Ukrainian media reported.
Ukrainian air defense forces shot down or jammed 125 out of the 154 drones Russia used to attack Ukraine since the evening of January 10, the Ukrainian Air Force report on Telegram.
According to the statement, from approximately 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 10, Russia launched 154 strike UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera, and other types from Millerovo, Kursk, Oryol, Bryansk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russia), and Hvardiiske (occupied Crimea). Around 110 of them were Shahed drones.
As of 8 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 11, air defenses shot down or suppressed 125 drones of various types over eastern and southern Ukraine.
There were confirmed impacts from 22 strike UAVs at 18 locations, as well as debris from downed drones falling at two locations.
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare units, UAV units, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
Kharkiv
A Molniya-type UAV struck an infrastructure facility in Kharkiv’s Slobidsky district, Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported this on Telegram.
“We have information about an impact from an enemy Molniya-type UAV in Kharkiv’s Slobidsky district. The strike hit an infrastructure facility,” the statement reads.
“Emergency rescue operations have been completed in the center of Kharkiv at the site of the explosions on January 2. A total of seven people were killed, including a three-year-old child. Thirty-eight people were injured, including two children,” Terekhov added.
He noted that 12 people were rescued.
Rivne
“The Rivne region was attacked by the enemy from the air last night. According to preliminary information, no people were injured. Unfortunately, there is damage to civilian infrastructure,” Andriy Karaush, the head of the Rivne Regional Council wrote on Telegram.
Relevant services are already working to eliminate the consequences Karaush noted.
Earlier in the Rivne region, according to Ukrinform about 300,000 users were left without electricity due to damage to an energy facility after a massive morning attack by Russia.
Zhytomyr
Overnight in the Zhytomyr region, Russia again attacked critical infrastructure facilities, injuring two employees, according to Vitaliy Bunechko, the Head of the Zhytomyr Regional Military Administration, on Telegram.
“Two employees were injured as a result of air strikes. They suffered moderate injuries and were hospitalized,” Bunechko wrote.
He also noted that fires broke out, which were difficult to extinguish due to repeated air raid alerts and concern over “double-tap” tactics, when Russia intentionally strikes rescue workers. Rescuers put out one of the fires, while another is still being extinguished.
According to Ukrinform, police bomb disposal experts destroyed the warhead of a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile that fell near houses in the Zhytomyr region.