Ukraine Targeted By Russian Missiles In Deadly Early Morning Attacks

Russian missiles targeted the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv (pictured) and Kharkiv early on January 23, killing at least six people in a fresh wave of missile attacks as Moscow's war approaches its third year.

Medical workers treat a wounded resident of a damaged building following the Russian missile attack in Kyiv.

The Russian barrage included more than 40 ballistic, cruise, anti-aircraft, and guided missiles, officials said. Ukraine's air force claimed to have intercepted 21 of them.
 

Residents stand in the freezing temperatures near the site of their damaged apartment building.

The attack injured at least 20 people in four districts of Kyiv, the capital, including a 13-year-old boy, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko.

Part of a missile lies on the ground near a damaged apartment building in Kyiv.

 

A resident clears broken glass from his apartment.

The attacks on Kyiv and Kharkiv came two days after Moscow-installed officials in eastern Ukraine claimed that Ukrainian shelling killed 27 people on the outskirts of Russian-occupied Donetsk. 

A church on the outskirts of Kharkiv, in Ukraine's northeast, was silhouetted during the early morning Russian missile attack that killed five people and injured at least 50, Governor Oleh Synehubov said on Telegram.

A gas pipeline in Kharkiv was also damaged, state energy firm Naftogaz said. Thousands of residents were left without power after electricity infrastructure was damaged, the Energy Ministry reported.

The onslaught on Kharkiv (pictured) damaged 30 apartment buildings as rescuers worked throughout the morning to extinguish fires and search for people trapped in the rubble.

Medical workers treat a wounded resident.

The missiles shattered hundreds of apartment windows in icy weather, Syniehubov said.

Ukrainian rescue and emergency workers work to clear the rubble throughout the morning.

Syniehubov said Russia used S-300, Kh-32 and hypersonic Iskander missiles in the attack.

Ukrainian rescuers carry an injured woman from the damaged and smoldering residential building.

A blanket covers the body of a person killed in the early morning attack.

Kharkiv, about 30 kilometers from the border with Russia, has often borne the brunt of Russia's winter campaign of long-range strikes that commonly hit civilian areas.

A woman injured in the attack in Kharkiv stands in an ambulance.

Moscow repeatedly claims that only military targets are being attacked.