Over the past day, Russian shelling in Ukraine killed 2 people and injured 5

Over the past day, as a result of Russian strikes on Ukraine, two civilians were killed and five were injured, the regional authorities reported on December 24.

Russian troops launched 60 drones to Ukraine at night from the Russian cities of Bryansk, Millerovo and Prymosk-Akhtarsk, according to a message from Air Force of Ukraine.

Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups shot down 36 drones in the city of KyivChernihiv, Sumy, KharkivPoltava, Dnipropetrovsk, ZaporozhyeKhmelnytskyi region

Twenty-three drones were allegedly lost to electronic warfare.

in Kherson regionRussia shelled 38 settlements, including the regional center of Kherson. As a result of terrorist attacks, one person was killed and two others were injured, the governor said Oleksandr Prokudin reported

in Donetsk regionone person was wounded in armed Pokrovsk, another person died in the city of Kostiantynivka. In the city of Siversk, one person was injured, the governor Vadim Filashkin reported

in Kharkiv regionA 66-year-old man was hospitalized as a result of shelling by the Russians of the village of Dvorichna in the Kupyan district, the governor said. Oleg Sinegubov.

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