On New Year's Eve, the Russian occupiers launched 90 Shahed attack drones into Ukraine, which is the biggest attack since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Russia’s attack on Ukraine on New Year's Eve: the first details
Air defence forces of Ukraine managed to destroy 87 out of 90 drones launched by Russia into Ukraine. One civilian was killed in Odesa as a result of the Russian attack.
In addition, the Lviv region came under enemy attack, with the museum of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) commander Roman Shukhevych burning to the ground.
At night, debris from downed UAVs hit residential buildings in Odesa, causing fires.
As of the morning of 1 January, a 15-year-old teenager was killed and some other civilians were wounded? according to the local authorities.
The enemy also fired four S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles in Kharkiv region, three Kh-31P anti-radar missiles and one Kh-59 from the Temporarily Occupied Territories (TOT) in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.
According to the head of the Operational Command South (OC South) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Natalia Humeniuk, "more than six dozen flights of drones were recorded in the south, of which more than fifty were destroyed".
The final data will be announced later.
According to her, the massive attack by Russian drones began at 23:30. The Russians hit one of the port infrastructure facilities in Odesa. A fire broke out but was quickly extinguished. No people were injured.
In addition, it is emphasised that at night in the south of the country, the air defence system operated for almost 11 hours.
Attempts to shoot down enemy drones were made in Odesa, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Dnipro, Kirovohrad and Vinnytsia regions. The largest number of hostile targets, about 30, were destroyed in the Odesa region.
Humeniuk once again pointed out that even a downed air defence missile remains very dangerous.
When it falls, it creates a powerful blast and blast wave that destroys objects around it.
Russia attacked Lviv region on New Year's Eve: Shukhevych museum burned down
On 1 January, Stepan Bandera's birthday, the Russian army completely destroyed the museum of UPA commander Roman Shukhevych in Bilohirsk.
This information was officially confirmed by the Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi.
Maksym Kozytskyi, the head of the Lviv regional military administration (RMA), said that the fire was caused by the wreckage of an enemy drone.
According to preliminary reports, no one was injured.
Later, Kozytskyi also added that the wreckage of the Shahed fell in Dubliany, near Lviv. The roof of a dormitory caught fire. Firefighters worked at the scene.
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