Massive shelling of Ukraine, another explosions at the airfield in Engels: military news on December 29

Today is the 309th day of the war.

The morning in the country began with a large-scale air raid and a missile attack on the territory of Ukraine, as a result of which several regions were left without electricity.

The alarm was turned on after six in the morning, the first explosions were heard at about half past eight. According to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, following the results of the shelling, across the country fired 69 missiles, 54 of which were shot down. Recall that the previous rocket attacks were carried out in three waves: during the first, the location of air defense is determined, during the second, air defense is hit, and the third wave is already aimed at critically important objects.

Air defense worked in Chernihiv, Sumy, Zhytomyr regions, 3 missiles were shot down over the Black Sea.

Power outages preventively because of the threat of missile strikes in Krivoy Rog, Odessa and Dnepropetrovsk regions.

В Kiev there was a series of explosions - air defense also worked. After the shelling, the residents of the city partially lost heating and hot water (this was reported by residents of the Desnyansky and Shevchenkovsky districts) and there were some communication problems that were quickly corrected. Although the mayor of Kyiv Vitaliy Klichko claims that everything is in order with heat supply, but 40% of consumers have no electricity.

Photo of one of the explosions of a downed rocket.

Debris from downed rockets damaged 2 private houses in the Darnytsia region. Video and photo of the consequences of the fall of missiles.

Also, one of the rockets fell on a private sector in the village Bortnichi near Kyiv.

Explosions sounded in Kharkov, Lvov, Odessa, Nikolaev, Ivano-Frankivsk и Ternopil regions. In Kharkov, after that, the metro stopped, the work of which was soon restored. According to preliminary information, the hits were in the Slobodsky district - 4 missiles flew at critical infrastructure facilities. And in Odessa, after the explosions, electricity and water were gone. 90% of Lviv was also left without electricity.

In the photo - the fall of one of the rockets in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, in which people were not injured.

Only over Kyiv shot down 16 missiles, over the Odessa region - 21 missiles.

Following the results of the shelling, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation published the following post.

And so the fighters of the anti-aircraft missile artillery division of the Rapid Response Brigade of the National Guard intercepted a Russian missile over the Kyiv region.

What else was shot

According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as of 6 am, during the day the Russians carried out 30 missile and 7 air strikes on Ukraine, in particular, on the civilian infrastructure of the cities of Konstantinovka, Donetsk region and Kharkov. Also, the Russian army carried out 70 attacks from the MLRS.

During the night, an attack was made on outskirts of Zaporozhye, as a result of which several residential buildings were destroyed, a gas pipeline and a power line were damaged.

Came under fire again Nikopol и Marganets community Dnipropetrovsk region - residential buildings were damaged.

Got shot at last night Donetskwhich resulted in the death of 1 person.

Air defense worked and Belgorod region of Russia, as announced by the governor of the region. No one was hurt and no damage was reported. Also, the work of air defense was recorded in Saratov region near the military airfield Engels. Recall that strategic aviation of the Russian Federation is stationed there. During December, this air base was attacked twice.

The situation on the battlefield

The situation at the front remains at the same level: the Russians continue to conduct an offensive in the Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions. And as of this morning, there was no new information on the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Lugansk region. Probably, Kremennaya is not yet under the control of the Ukrainian army.

The Institute for the Study of War believes that the Russians are now preparing for decisive action in the Lugansk region and continue to transfer military equipment and people there.

The photo shows the Ukrainian military, who are looking out for kamikaze drones, which they will then shoot down.

We previously published military news for December 28 and told that "Patriot" is not a wunderwaffe that will completely cover the Ukrainian sky.

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