Russia bombed residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in Kyiv and Kharkiv with missiles on Tuesday, the 2nd of January, killing at least four and wounding dozens, Ukrainian officials said, hours after President Vladimir Putin said the air strike on the Russian city of Belgorod “will not go unpunished”, which Moscow says killed 24 civilians and blamed on Ukraine, reports Reuters.
Russia has stepped up air strikes against Ukraine over the New Year period and on Friday carried out the biggest air strike in the nearly two-year war in Ukraine, killing at least 39 people.
Russia launched a missile strike on Ukraine during rush hour on Tuesday morning,
prompting the military to declare an air alert lasting at least three hours. The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, reported that an elderly woman died in an ambulance and at least 16 people were injured in the capital.
A missile hit a residential building in the Solomenskyi district of Kyiv
According to the city authorities, at least 16 people were injured. Rescuers are working at the scene. pic.twitter.com/5ZIbVjdtq4
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) January 2, 2024
Gas pipelines were also damaged in the Pecherskyi district of Kyiv, electricity and water supplies were disrupted in various districts, and rescuers were extinguishing fires in several locations, Klitschko said.
At around 7:30 local time,
an attack was carried out in the central part of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, as reported by the regional governor Oleh Synehubov. According to Synehubov’s statement on Telegram, one person was confirmed dead, and 41 others were injured in the attack.
As a result of the Russian occupiers’ attack on Kharkiv, 41 people were injured and one woman died. pic.twitter.com/iOUkI6OXzg
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) January 2, 2024
Following the initial air strike, Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yuri Ihnat said that the situation remained tense and air defences were on alert for possible additional missile launches by Russia.
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