KYIV: Russia pounded Kyiv and Kharkiv with missiles on Tuesday (Jan 2), Ukrainian officials said, hours after President Vladimir Putin promised to avenge what Moscow said was a Ukrainian attack on the Russian city of Belgorod that killed 24 civilian people.
Russia barraged the Ukrainian capital with waves of missiles during the morning peak-hour, cutting off power in parts of the city and sending debris from downed weapons falling across the area.
“Explosions in the capital,” Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on the Telegram messaging app, urging people to stay safe.
Ukraine’s air force said earlier on Tuesday it had destroyed all 35 attack drones that Russia launched after midnight targeting several cities in Ukraine, including Kyiv.
The attacks came after Putin said on Monday that Ukraine’s strikes on Belgorod “will not go unpunished”. They kept most of Ukraine under air raid alerts for hours.
Source: CNA
