Russia launched missile strikes in the east of Ukraine

A 60-year-old woman was killed and several other people were wounded in a Russian missile strike on a market in the village of Shevchenkove in eastern Ukraine on Monday (January 9), the regional governor said. Footage posted on Telegram by Kyrylo Tymoshenko, Deputy Head of Ukraine’s Presidential Office, showed destroyed buildings, large piles of rubble, burning wreckage and a large crater in what it said was Shevchenkove, southeast of the regional capital Kharkiv. "According to confirmed information, unfortunately a 60-year-old woman died," Oleh Synehubov, governor of the Kharkiv region, wrote on telegram. "All other victims were hospitalised. Doctors are helping them. Rescuer workers continue to clear the debris."