Day 678 of the Invasion of Ukraine: Another Massive Russian Attack Against Civilians, Casualties Reported

Day 678 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

• New record: Ukrainian Air Defense shot down 10 out of 10 Kinzhal missiles fired by the Russians
• Moscow admitted: A Russian village was mistakenly bombed by the Russian Air Force
• At least 4 victims and dozens injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine
• Russian missile attack on Kyiv and Kharkiv, there are injured civilians
• Zelensky to the "Economist": A successful operation in Crimea would have a great effect in Russia
• Christo Grozev: Zelensky is expected to reshuffle the government

New record: Ukrainian Air Defense shot down 10 out of 10 Kinzhal missiles fired by the Russians

On the night of January 2, 2024, the Russians repeated the massive attack using various types of air assault means, as they did on December 29, 2023, said the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi.

"Civil and critical infrastructure, industrial and military facilities were attacked. The main direction of the strike is the capital of Ukraine," he wrote on his official Telegram channel.

It is noted that in the first wave, the occupiers attacked with "Shahed" drones launched from the southeast, which were aimed at different regions of Ukraine. All 35 Shahed-136/131 attack drones were destroyed by air defense.

This morning the Russians used strategic aviation - Tu-95MS bombers. Around 6:00 a.m., 16 aircraft entered the launch lines and fired at least 70 X-101/X-555/X-55 air-launched cruise missiles. At 07:30, ten X-47M2 "Kinzhal"...