Death toll rises to 13 after Russia's missile attack on Kyiv
On December 30, during rescue operations in Kyiv, rescuers pulled two more bodies from the rubble, bringing the total number of people killed in the massive Russian missile strike on the morning of December 29 to 13.
Previously, the bodies of two more victims were recovered from the rubble of a warehouse.
Kyiv mayor says 32 people were injured, 17 of them are hospitalized in the capital's medical institutions.
Debris from the downed missiles fell and caused damage in several districts of Kyiv. The fire in the warehouses was extinguished by the evening.
Zaporizhzhia, Odesa and Dnipro have declared December 30 a day of mourning, as a missile strike by Russia on the morning of December 29 killed nine people in Zaporizhzhia, six in Dnipro, and four in Odesa.
Russia's largest missile attack on Ukraine
During the night of December 29, Russian forces launched several groups of attack drones at Ukraine, and in the early morning, they fired missiles at most large cities.
Kyiv air defense downed most of the targets, however, a missile struck the local warehouse, killing nine civilians as of 7 p.m., police confirm.
Rubryka's special reporter Mykola Tymchenko was at the site of the tragedy.
The eastern city of Kharkiv was also struck with missiles, as citizens counted 22 explosions during the night attack. Authorities state the missiles killed three and injured 11.
Lviv, a western city in Ukraine, has residential buildings and a critical infrastructure site damaged in the attack. A Russian missile killed one person, and eight others are confirmed injured.
On the night of December 29, southern Ukraine was once again attacked by Shahed kamikaze drones that hit an infrastructure facility in Odesa, and a high-rise building.
Two people were killed and many wounded in Odesa as a result of a Russian missile attack.
In the morning, Russia attacked another city, Zaporizhzhia. Businesses, high-rise buildings and a private house were hit. Two people were killed and there are injured. There may also be people still under the rubble.
In total, on the night of December 29, the Russian occupiers launched 158 missiles and kamikaze drones at Ukraine. The air defense system shot down more than 100 enemy targets
