Russian missile strikes against Kyiv, other cities kill 5, injure over 40
Russia launched a series of missile strikes on Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Kharkiv, and Pavlohrad in the early morning of Jan. 23, damaging civilian infrastructure, killing at least five people and injuring over 40, officials said.
At least 18 people were reportedly injured in the capital. A woman was also killed in the attack, according to Serhii Popko, the city’s military administration head.
Some 13 of the victims were hospitalized, and five people, including a 13-year-old boy, were treated on the spot, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said, according to his Telegram channel.
One woman was reportedly sent to an intensive care unit.
A large number of the victims were in Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district, where the attack destroyed an entrance to a multi-story building, Klitschko reported.
