Residential buildings and an educational institution were damaged as a result of Russian strikes on the central part of Kharkiv on the evening of January 23. It was the third Russian attack on the Ukrainian city in a day.
Russian Missile Strikes Target Kharkiv For A Third Time In A Single Day
Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of a Russian missile attack in downtown Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, late in the evening on January 23. The fresh wave of attacks injured nine civilians, including a 4-year-old child, authorities reported. It was the third attack on the city within 24 hours.
Medical workers help a local resident at the site of the Russian missile attack.
Located some 30 kilometers from the border with Russia, Kharkiv -- Ukraine's second-largest city -- has often borne the brunt of Russia's winter campaign of long-range strikes, which commonly hit civilian areas.
Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said the latest attacks hit residential buildings, shops, and other civilian infrastructure. Earlier strikes damaged 30 residential buildings and shattered 1,000 windows as temperatures reached minus 7 degrees Celsius, he said.
Rescue workers help a man leave his damaged residential building.
Thousands of residents were left without power after an earlier strike damaged the electricity infrastructure.
Moscow repeatedly claims that only military targets are being attacked.
Emergency workers help residents walk through the rubble after they were forced to leave their damaged homes following the attack.
A Ukrainian sapper inspects a crater left by what authorities claim was a Russian S-300 missile.
The nighttime attack comes after an earlier missile strike on Kharkiv killed at least seven people, regional Governor Oleh Synyehubov said.
Russian missile attacks on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities earlier on January 23 resulted in at least 18 fatalities and over 130 injuries.
Ukrainian rescuers help an injured man, who was under debris more than five hours, at the site of a rocket attack on a residential building in Kharkiv.