Two folks have been killed in a missile assault within the western area of Khmelnytsky, removed from the frontlines within the east, Ukrainian police mentioned.
Within the japanese area of Kharkiv, an aged lady pulled from the rubble of her home within the metropolis of Zmiiv additionally died, regional governor Oleg Synegubov mentioned.
Russia mentioned it had solely struck “army” targets in its newest defence ministry briefing.
“THEY’RE TRYING TO DESTROY US”
The assaults come a day after Japanese International Minister Yoko Kamikawa paid a shock go to to Kyiv on Sunday, the place she mentioned Tokyo was “decided” to maintain supporting Ukraine.
Kamikawa, the primary high-level overseas official to go to Kyiv this yr, introduced new deliveries of defence tools and mentioned Tokyo’s plans to host a February convention to advertise Ukraine’s financial reconstruction.
“Japan is set to help Ukraine in order that peace can return to Ukraine,” Kamikawa instructed a press convention together with her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba held in a bomb shelter as an air raid siren rang out.
“I as soon as once more strongly condemn Russia’s missile and drone assaults, significantly on New 12 months’s Day,” mentioned Kamikawa.
She mentioned Tokyo would “allocate” US$37 million to supply Ukraine with a drone detection system. It is going to additionally provide 5 turbines to assist Ukraine “survive” one other winter.
Kuleba mentioned Kyiv was grateful for Japan’s determination final yr to supply Ukraine with F-16s jets, however mentioned the nation additionally wanted air defence techniques.
“Daily, Ukrainian cities are destroyed by Russian missiles and drones. They can’t seize us, so they’re making an attempt to destroy us,” he mentioned.
