Shelling of Druzhkivka and Kramatorsk and wounding of a German journalist: last night's highlights

Shelling of Druzhkivka and Kramatorsk

In the evening of January 2, Russian occupation troops launched a missile strike on the town of Druzhkivka, Donetsk Oblast, resulting in two wounded, said Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko.

“One missile struck in the city, and 2 wounded are reported. Another missile struck the village of Yakovlivka. The information is being clarified,” he wrote.

The missile attack in Druzhkivka hit the Altair ice arena, said Fedir Illienko, general director of the Donbas hockey club, which trained there.

The city of Kramatorsk is also under attack, said Mayor Oleksandr Honcharenko. Local Telegram channels reported the sounds of explosions. There is no information about casualties or destruction.

Shelling of Sumy Oblast

On January 2, the Russian occupation troops conducted 70 strikes with various types of weapons on the territory of Sumy Oblast, resulting in damage to civilian infrastructure.

20 mortar attacks were recorded in the Bilopillia community, as a result of which a school and a power line were damaged, and a UAZ car was destroyed.

German was journalist injured in Ukraine

Björn Stritzel, a journalist for the German edition of Bild, who covers the Russian-Ukrainian war, was wounded by shrapnel in Ukraine.

“I am fine, just a cut on the forehead, most likely by a glass splinter. I was having dinner when the blast happened. I am not quite sure about the ordnance, I have not found any debris yet. I was sitting behind the window. My best guess is it was some part of a missile coming down close by,” his statement reads.

According to the journalist, the target of the Russians was probably the railway station, which is located nearby, although he has not yet seen a large crash site that could be left by missiles with a larger warhead.

“The place (of the explosion — ed.) is out of range of Russian artillery and Uragan multiple rocket launcherUragan, so also possible that it was a UAV,” Stritzel added.

The man wrote that there were several explosions, and his French colleagues filmed one of the first strikes, which damaged the hotel where he was staying. However, Stritzel did not specify in which city it happened.

Other news:

• NATO's highest military body, the Military Committee, will meet on January 18-19 in Brussels. Among other things, military officials will discuss support for Ukraine and the Alliance's defense capabilities;
• on January 3, the Ukrainian nanosatellite PolyITAN-HP-30, which was created on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Ukraine's Independence, will be launched into Earth's orbit from Cape Canaveral by a SpaceX rocket;
• Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets said that in January he plans to meet with Russian Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova to discuss the release of civilians from Russian captivity;
• as of January 2, 474 people, who were abducted in Kherson Oblast, remain in captivity of the Russian occupiers.