Ukrainian strike kills 63 Russian troops in occupied town

Bloomberg

A Ukrainian strike on a Russian military facility in the occupied eastern town of Makiyivka killed 63 troops being housed there, Russia’s defense ministry said, making it one of the deadliest losses acknowledged by Moscow.
Ukraine warned that Russia may launch more attacks over the Orthodox Christmas holiday later this week even as it downed all 39 Shahed drones launched overnight, according to the country’s air defense command.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on New Year’s Day that Russians were “afraid. And they are right to be afraid because they are losing. Drones, missiles, nothing else can help them.”
Russia shelled the central market in Beryslav, in the liberated part of the Kherson region, injuring at least five
people, Kherson governor Yaroslav Yanushevych said on telegram.
Russian military forces have carried out 51 air strikes on Ukraine, mostly with Shahed drones, Ukraine’s general staff said earlier. All of the missiles were shot down, the report said.
Russia also made 55 MLRS attacks hitting, among other targets, a children’s hospital in Kherson.
“The threat of enemy air and missile strikes on critical infrastructure remains throughout Ukraine,” it said. Later in the day, Ukraine’s general staff plans to publish information about the recent attack on Kyiv.
European natural gas prices started the new year declining as mild weather curbed demand. Benchmark futures dropped as much as 7.9% to the lowest level since February 21, extending three weeks of net declines.
Weather forecasts point to temperatures above seasonal norms for most of the region in the next two weeks, which will help Europe avoid depleting its stocks too soon as it goes through the winter.
Kyiv’s energy infrastructure was damaged as a result of Russia’s night attacks, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram. Water supply continues as normal, he said.