Kyiv church damaged during missile attack
There was a missile attack in Kyiv damaged the capital’s second-oldest Catholic church.
Windows were broken on the front of the St Nicholas Church, with the business centre located opposite the building severely damaged by the Russian attack.
Ukrainian military pulls back from areas in the east
Ukraine’s military says its forces have pulled back from areas around two villages in the eastern region of Donetsk to avoid being encircled by advancing Russian troops.
The Russian defence ministry reported this morning that Moscow now controlled the Uspenivka and Novopustynka settlements.
Ukraine’s Khortytsia group of forces said on Telegram that military units had avoided being surrounded and would continue to operations in the Kurakhove-Konstantinopolske area.
Ukraine says Russia just suffered record losses
Ukraine says that Russia has just suffered its worst daily losses since its full-scale invasion began.
Kyiv’s ministry of defence says 2,200 Russian soldiers died in the last 24 hours of fighting.
It says the previous highest total was 2,030, which was set on 29 November.
According to the latest UK defence intelligence estimates, an average of 1,523 Russian soldiers are being killed and wounded every day during the war.
Casualties reported after ‘Ukrainian strike’ in Kursk
Ukraine has reportedly struck the town of Rylsk in Russia’s Kursk region with missiles.
According to Russian state news agency RIA, the Ukrainian strikes caused casualties.
Ukraine’s troops have been inside the Kursk region since they launched their surprise incursion there in August.
Vladimir Putin said during his annual press conference yesterday that Ukraine’s forces in the region would definitely be expelled, but declined to set a date for when this would happen.
Six embassies damaged during ‘barbaric’ Kyiv attack, says foreign ministry
Ukraine’s foreign ministry says six different embassies have been damaged by Russia’s missile attack on Kyiv this morning.
Missiles hit the capital at 7am (5am UK time), killing one person and injuring 12, local authorities reported.
The embassies of Albania, Argentina, Palestine, North Macedonia, Portugal and Montenegro are located in a building heavily damaged by the Russian strike.
“Windows, doors and the ceiling have been damaged in the premises (of embassies). This is an absolutely barbaric attack by Russia on diplomatic institutions,” said spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi.
No casualties among diplomatic staff were reported.
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