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Ukraine’s deputy prime minister says Russia has carried out one of the largest mass cyber attacks in recent times on its state registries. Elsewhere, airstrikes have hit the cities of Kyiv and Kryvyi Rih.
Friday 20 December 2024 19:24, UK
Images continue to emerge of the aftermath of the Russian missile attack in Kyiv.
The Ukrainian authorities said the Russian ballistic missile strike killed at least one person and wounded 13.
A Russian cyberattack on Ukraine’s justice ministry registries caused a shutdown of online services for marriages and other matters, but no data appears to have been leaked or stolen, the Ukrainian government reports.
Deputy prime minister Olha Stefanishyna, who is also justice minister, told reporters at a briefing in Kyiv that Russia took several months to prepare the cyberattack, which was the largest to target Ukraine’s state registries in recent times.
Online services to register matters like marriages, cars, births or a change of residence in Ukraine were suspended, the government service platform said.
The attack sought to “instil panic among Ukrainian citizens and those abroad,” Ms Stefanishyna said.
The Ukrainian security service’s cyber department said their main line of investigation was that a hacker group affiliated with Russian military intelligence (GRU) was behind the attack.
“Data leakage is not confirmed as of now… At this stage, all registries are suspended for security purposes,” Mr Stefanishyna added.
Both Russia and Ukraine have been hit by cyberattacks on their infrastructure during the war. 
Missile strikes have hit Kyiv and Russia’s Kursk today.
Here’s a look at what has happened…
Kursk attack <\/b>
A Ukrainian attack on a town in Russia’s Kursk border region has killed six people, including a child.
Ten other people in the Kursk town of Rylsk, including a 13-year-old, were taken to hospital after today’s strike with HIMARS missiles, Kursk acting governor Alexander Khinshtein said. He provided no further details.
Kyiv missile strike <\/b>
The Kursk attack came hours after Ukrainian authorities said a Russian ballistic missile strike on Kyiv killed at least one person and wounded 13.
Moscow claimed the Kyiv strike was in response to a Ukrainian strike on Russian soil using American-made weapons earlier this week.
Ukraine’s foreign ministry said six different embassies were damaged by Russia’s missile attack.
Kremlin addresses Putin comments<\/b>
Elsewhere, a Kremlin spokesperson addressed controversial comments made by Vladimir Putin yesterday about a “missile duel” between Russia and the US.
Putin suggested a duel between the two countries would be the best way to show how Moscow’s new Oreshnik missile could defeat any US air defences.
His comments drew international condemnation, but Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov suggested this morning that they were blown out of proportion. 
“It is very important to talk about these statements in the context of the question that he was asked,” he said.
“This was not his initiative. He was asked to explain possible vulnerabilities, so the president, as he usually does, spoke in sufficient detail about how the missile works, how immune it is to air defence systems.”
Kirillov buried<\/b>
Russian general Igor Kirillov was buried with full military honours today. 
Kirillov, who was chief of Russia’s nuclear, biological and chemical protection troops, was the most senior Russian officer to be killed inside Russia by Ukraine.
He was killed outside his Moscow apartment building on Tuesday along with his assistant when a bomb attached to an electric scooter went off in an attack for which Ukraine’s SBU security service took responsibility.
Foreign Secretary David Lammy has issued a message to Ukraine ahead of 2025.
In a statement shared on X, the minister acknowledged this was the third winter Ukraine was experiencing Russia’s invasion. 
“I know that you are facing periods without heat and electricity as a result of Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and that you worry about loved ones on the frontline and across the whole of the country,” he said.
He went on to say the Ukrainian spirit was “strong and resilient”.
“My message to Ukraine is that we stand with you and you have our continued ironclad support,” he added.
Ukraine’s former commander-in-chief and current ambassador to the UK has released an autobiographical book, which will be the first part of a planned trilogy.
The book, entitled My War, covers Valerii Zaluzhnyi’s life from his childhood until the outbreak of Russia’s invasion in 2022.
In a statement on Telegram<\/a>, the Ukrainian official said he started working on the book in March 2023. 
He said: “This is a storybook for young people, to whom I want to convey an important truth: anything is possible in life if you really want it. Dream and go for your dream! 
“This is a book about my war. 
“First, the war with my own fears that prevent me from doing anything. 
“Second, the war with people who prevent me from achieving my goals. 
“And finally, the war with circumstances that become obstacles in life. So I hope you find it interesting.”
We can bring you more updates from the town of Rylsk in the Kursk region, where reports have been emerging of a Ukrainian missile strike.
The region’s acting governor, Alexander Khinshtein, has said six people, including one child, have been killed in the attack.
Ten people have also been wounded, including a 13-year-old, Mr Khinshtein added on Telegram.
“What happened today is a huge tragedy for all of us,” he said.
“We grieve together with the families of the victims. No one will be left without support.”<\/p>\n

The governor said those responsible for the attack would receive “well-deserved retribution”.
Elsewhere, Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman for the Russian foreign ministry, has said Moscow will raise the issue of the missile strike at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council today,  the TASS state news agency reports.
Ukrainian troops still hold part of Kursk region after bursting across the border in a surprise incursion this August.
But yesterday, Vladimir Putin said during his annual press conference that they would definitely be expelled, but declined to set a date for when this would happen.
Russian general Igor Kirillov has been buried with full military honours today. 
Kirillov, who was chief of Russia’s nuclear, biological and chemical protection troops, was the most senior Russian officer to be killed inside Russia by Ukraine.
He was killed outside his Moscow apartment building on Tuesday along with his assistant when a bomb attached to an electric scooter went off in an attack for which Ukraine’s SBU security service took responsibility.
Today, state news agency RIA said Kirillov was buried in a ceremony outside Moscow attended by defence minister Andrei Belousov and Sergei Shoigu, the secretary of Russia’s Security Council.
It said the ceremony had taken place at a defence ministry memorial complex.
Earlier today, residents in Kyiv took shelter in a train station as air raid sirens rang out through the city.
As we have been reporting today, a Russian missile strike killed at least one person and damaged a historical cathedral, six embassies and other buildings across the Ukrainian capital during the morning rush hour.
Ukraine’s air defences shot down all five ballistic missiles used by Russian forces to attack the capital, the air force said.<\/p>\n

Russia has been carrying out airstrikes on Kyiv and other targets, particularly energy infrastructure, as its forces advance in the eastern Donbas region.
We brought you reports earlier that Ukraine had struck the town of Rylsk, in Russia’s Kursk region, with missiles, according to Russian state news agency RIA (see post at 1.52pm). 
Now, Russia’s Investigative Committee reports that people have been killed and wounded in the missile attack.
It did not specify the number of casualties. 
The governor of the region also said Ukraine had fired US-supplied HIMARS rockets.
In August this year, around 1,000 Ukrainian troops penetrated several miles into Russia’s Kursk region in an ongoing incursion that appeared to catch the Russian military by surprise.
We’ve now got some footage to show you from this morning’s deadly Russian missile attack on Kyiv.
Officials in the Ukrainian capital said at least one person had died after the strikes, which came at around 7am (5am UK time).
A high-rise building was badly damaged, while St Nicholas Church – the second-oldest Catholic church in Kyiv – was also damaged.
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