17 injured in strike in Kharkiv: At least 17 people were injured on Tuesday evening in a Russian bomb blast targeting Ukraine’s second city, Kharkiv, located in the country’s northeast, near the border with Russia. “The condition of the two women is critical,” regional governor Oleg Sinegobov said. According to him, Russian forces fired two S-300 surface-to-air missiles at the center of Kharkiv and damaged residential buildings. Three people were also injured last night in a drone attack in Odessa.
Russia says it has withdrawn strikes in Belgorod: On the other side of the border, Russia claims it has also suffered a Ukrainian strike on its territory in Belgorod. But Russian forces clarified that they were able to repel the bombing, with “no casualties” according to officials. “Air defenses destroyed seven missiles and four Ukrainian drones in the Belgorod region,” the Russian Defense Ministry said.
Macron to visit Ukraine in February: Emmanuel Macron announced during his press conference on Tuesday that he would travel to Ukraine “in February” and that France would deliver 40 new long-range Scalp missiles and “hundreds of bombs” to the country. “We cannot let Russia win and we must not do so, because then the security of Europe and the entire Russian neighborhood will be called into question,” the head of state emphasized.
