Nationwide air alert – Russia fires cruise missiles

After the Russian attack, rescue work continues in Pokrovsk. The latest news about the war in Ukraine in the live ticker.

• After Russian attack: Dead and injured in Kherson
• Heaviness Russian losses: Ukraine gives current figures
• The information processed here comes from international media and news agencies, but also from the warring parties Russia and Ukraine as well as their allies. In particular, the information on losses of the armies involved Ukraine war cannot be independently verified.

Update from January 8th, 6:30 a.m.: The Russian Air Force has once again launched a massive missile attack on Ukraine. On Monday morning, Ukrainian media reported explosions around the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro. According to observers, almost a dozen strategic bombers fired cruise missiles at targets in Ukraine. Kinschal (Dagger) hypersonic missiles are also in use. Air alerts were sounded across Ukraine.

Ukraine war: rescue work in Pokrovsk continues

Kiev – Rescue work is still ongoing in the eastern Ukrainian district of Pokrovsk, more than a day after heavy Russian rocket attacks left at least eleven dead. In the affected places, which are in the Ukrainian-controlled part of the Donetsk region, the search for victims under the rubble is continuing, said President Volodymyr Zelenskyj in his evening video address. He thanked all the rescuers who have been on site since Saturday evening.

The serious attacks on Saturday evening shocked the district town of Pokrovsk and the town of Rivne. According to official Ukrainian information, a rocket hit the house of a family of six. Accordingly, the bombardment was carried out using repurposed S-300 anti-aircraft missiles.

General Staff gives figures on Russia's losses in the Ukraine war

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has revealed new details about Russia's losses in the Ukraine War. According to this, almost 364,730 Russian soldiers have been either wounded or killed in battles since the start of the war in Ukraine. According to the information, there were 860 in the last 24 hours.

The information on losses in the Ukraine War comes from the Ukrainian army and cannot be independently verified. However, the West assumes that the figures for Russia's losses in the Ukraine war are largely correct. Here is an overview of Russia's losses in the Ukraine War:

• Soldiers: 364,730 (+860 on the previous day)
• Tank: 6022 (+4)
• Armored vehicles: 11,180 (+22)
• Artillery systems: 8653 (+36)
• Multiple rocket launchers: 951 (+1)
• Air defense systems: 637 (+4)
• Airplanes: 329
• Helicopter: 324
• Drones: 6811 (+24)
• Rockets: 1786
• Tank trucks and other vehicles: 11,478 (+15)

< li class="id-StoryElement-list-item">Warships: 23

• Submarines: 1

  Source: Ukrainian General Staff dated January 7, 2024. The information about Russian losses comes from the Ukrainian army. They cannot be independently verified. Russia itself does not provide any information about its own losses in the Ukraine war.