Russian aviation struck the city of Smila in Cherkasy region.
The head of the region Ihor Taburets and the deputy head of the Presidentʼs Office Oleksiy Kuleba reported — preliminary — that six people were injured, and 12 private houses were destroyed. All emergency services are on site. People are promptly provided with assistance.
Later, the State Emergency Service clarified that 8 people were injured, and 51 houses were damaged.
Smilu was attacked by a Tu-22M3 bomber carrying Kh-22/Kh-32 cruise missiles. At 14:50, the Air Force of the Armed Forces reported the launch of the missile. It was flying from the Kursk region of the Russian Federation through Sumy region.
- On the morning of December 29, Russian troops launched a massive attack on Ukraine. Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, Dnipro, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia were attacked with 122 missiles and 36 drones. Destroyed residential buildings, high-rise buildings, a maternity hospital, schools, kindergartens, a shopping center. Air defense shot down 87 cruise missiles and 27 attack drones. As of 4:00 p.m., 26 people were killed, and more than 120 were injured.