The Kyiv Independent
A Russian mass attack overnight on Jan. 20 killed and injured civilians across two Ukrainian regions, targeted substations serving nuclear power plants, and triggered widespread outages of electricity, water, and heating, local authorities said.
Russian forces attacked Kyiv Oblast and the capital, Kyiv, as well as Zaporizhzhia, Rivne, Odesa, Kharkiv, Poltava, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts with drones and missiles overnight, targeting critical and civilian infrastructure.
Russia launched 18 ballistic missiles, 15 cruise missiles, as well as 339 drones, including about 250 Shahed-type drones, against Ukraine overnight, primarily targeting Kyiv, the Air Force said on Jan. 20.
Ukrainian air defense downed 27 missiles and 315 drones, according to the report. A Zircon anti-ship missile, known to travel considerably quicker than most cruise missiles, was named as among the weapons used by Russia.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Telegram that during the recent attack, Russian forces used “updated tactics” against Ukraine, though he did not specify what they were.