Accusations of mutual attacks between Russia and Ukraine as the New Year begins
The appointed head of the Ukrainian Donetsk region by Russia, Denis Pouchiline, stated that four people were killed in Ukrainian shelling of Donetsk city in the early hours of the New Year.
This comes at a time when Ukrainian officials say at least one person was killed in an air raid carried out by Russia on Odessa.
Pouchiline stated on the Telegram application that 14 people were also injured in the “intense shelling” conducted by Ukrainian forces on the center of Donetsk.
Oleh Kyber, the governor of the Odessa region, which includes the city of the same name, said that at least one person was killed in a Russian drone attack on Odessa in southern Ukraine.
Kyber added on the Telegram application that Ukrainian air defense systems participated in repelling the attack, but the falling debris caused several fires in residential buildings in different parts of the city, in addition to injuring several people.
The Ukrainian Air Force stated that the Russian air strike also targeted the areas of Mykolaiv and Dnipro.
