Skip to content
Edit post

Officials: Russia attacks 12 regions on Jan. 14 with artillery, missiles

by The Kyiv Independent news desk January 15, 2023 11:15 AM 2 min read
This audio is created with AI assistance

Support independent journalism in Ukraine. Join us in this fight.

Become a member Support us just once

Russian attacks were reported in 12 out of Ukraine's 25 regions on Jan. 14. Russian forces hit Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Sumy and Vinnytsia oblasts. According to the regional governors and governmental officials, at least 28 civilians were killed and 83 injured.

In the central Dnipropertrovsk Oblast, rescuers are trying to retrieve prople who remain under the rubble of an apartment building in Dnipro. The Kh-22 missile attack against the residential building killed at least 20 people, including a 15-year-old girl. At least 73 people were injured, including 14 children.

Almost 40 people are still trapped under the rubble, according to police and emergency service.

Another missile strike also damaged around 50 houses, three schools, two kindergartens, and apartment buildings in the city of Kryvyi Rih.

Russian forces also shelled Nikopol, Marhanets, Chervonohryhorivka with heavy artillery, damaging houses, power lines, and water supply station, the governor Valentyn Reznichenko said in a morning Telegram post. No casualties were reported.

At least 21 civilians were killed and 74 were injured in the region on Jan. 14, according to Kyrylo Tymoshenko, a deputy head of Ukraine's Presidential Office.

In eastern Donetsk Oblast, seven civilians were killed, and four were injured, the governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said in a morning Telegram post.

Four were killed in shelling of the front-line city of Avdiivka alone, located just six kilometers from the outskirts of the occupied regional capital of Donetsk.

Russian attacks injured two civilians in eastern Luhansk Oblast, according to the regional government and the Presidential Office.

In the southeastern Zaporizhzhia Oblast, the regional government said that Russian forces attacked several towns, including the regional capital, damaging 16 houses, apartment buildings, and infrastructure. No casualties were reported.

Russian forces struck critical infrastructure in northeastern Kharkiv Oblast, causing power outages. Governor Oleh Syniehubov said the power was restored by the morning of Jan. 15. No casualties were reported, Syniehubov said.

Russian forces also shelled southern Kherson Oblast 76 times on Jan. 14 with artillery, mortars, tanks, and drones. Two people were injured, the governor Yaroslav Yanushevych said in a Telegram post.

In southern Mykolaiv Oblast, Russian forces shelled the municipality of Kutsurub. No casualties were reported, the governor Vitalii Kim said.

One civilian was injured in northern Sumy Oblast, Tymoshenko said.

Russia’s 10th mass missile attack across Ukraine in the afternoon of Jan. 14 hit energy infrastructure in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Vinnytsia oblasts, according to Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko.

Russia's 10th mass missile strike on Ukraine kills civilians, hits critical infrastructure
Support independent journalism in Ukraine. Join us in this fight.
Freedom can be costly. Both Ukraine and its journalists are paying a high price for their independence. Support independent journalism in its darkest hour. Support us for as little as $1, and it only takes a minute.
visa masterCard americanExpress

News Feed

11:16 AM

Kuleba begins first trip to India.

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said he was in the Indian capital New Delhi at the invitation of Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, and that the two would "pay specific attention to the peace formula" in their talks.
Ukraine Daily
News from Ukraine in your inbox
Ukraine news
Please, enter correct email address
5:30 AM

Ukrainian POWs faced conditional release from Hungary.

Two Ukrainian prisoners of war, part of a group of 11 handed over to Hungary by Russia in June 2023, said in an interview to Deutsche Welle, that Hungarian representatives imposed conditions preventing their return to Ukraine until the war's end.
3:16 AM

Estonian police arrest citizen who reported for Russian state media.

Estonian police have arrested Svetlana Burceva, an Estonian citizen, for allegedly violating international sanctions having served as a reporter for Russian state sponsored Balt News - an arm of the Kremlin-run Russia Today (RT) news outlet, Estonian publication Eesti Ekspress reported on March 27.
MORE NEWS

Editors' Picks

Enter your email to subscribe
Please, enter correct email address
Subscribe
* indicates required
* indicates required
Subscribe
* indicates required
* indicates required
Subscribe
* indicates required

Subscribe

* indicates required
Subscribe
* indicates required

Subscribe

* indicates required
Successfuly subscribed
Thank you for signing up for this newsletter. We’ve sent you a confirmation email.