Russia attacked 9 Ukrainian regions over the last day

Russian attacks on Donetsk, Kherson, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Luhansk regions in the east, south, and north of Ukraine killed two people and wounded at least 12 in the past 24 hours, according to local authorities.

Russian forces killed one civilian and injured two more in Bakhmut, and killed another one in Soledar, Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, Pavlo Kyrylenko, reported on Jan. 9, 2023. Russia struck at least ten settlements in the region, damaging three private houses and a store, Kyrylenko said.

On the morning of Jan. 9, 2023, Russia launched an S-300 missile at a local market in the village of Shevchenkove, injuring seven people, including a 13-year-old girl, Head of the Kharkiv Military Administration, Oleh Syniehubov, wrote on Telegram.

Russian troops struck Kherson region 77 times with artillery, multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), and mortars, wounding three people, according to the Head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, Yaroslav Yanushevych. The attacks damaged private houses and highrises in the residential areas of Kherson city, Yanushevych said.