Russia launches missile strike on Kyiv, Kharkiv says Ukraine’s military
The Hindu
Russia launches missile strike on Kyiv and Kharkiv, causing explosions and prompting residents to seek shelter.
Russia has launched a missile strike on Kyiv and Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday, January 23, 2024,
"Explosions in the city! Details later. Don't leave the shelters!" Kyiv's Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on the Telegram messaging app.
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Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv's military administration, and the military administration of the region surrounding the capital said on their Telegram channels that air defence systems were engaged in repelling Russia's missile attack.
"Strong explosions, our house ... was shaking," lawmaker Iryna Geraschenko said on her Telegram .
Reuters witnesses reported hearing several waves of explosions in Kyiv and around it.
Popko said several cars caught fire in the attack in Kyiv's Sviatoshyn district, west of the capital's centre.
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