Russia Strikes Targets in Kyiv and Kharkiv Amid Ukrainian Attacks on Belgorod Region

Published on January 2, 2024

Kyiv and Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kharkiv have again come under Russian missile attack, leaving five people dead and causing significant material damage, Ukrainian officials said on Jan. 2. According to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, the strikes damaged gas pipelines in the capital’s Pecherskyi district and disrupted electricity and water supplies in several parts of the capital. Kharkiv Governor Oleh Synehubov, meanwhile, said the strikes had killed at least one person in the region and left dozens more injured. In a social media post, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared that Russia would “answer for every life [it has] taken.” The reported missile barrages come a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that a recent string of attacks on Russia’s western Belgorod region would “not go unpunished.”...

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