Russian strikes on Kyiv and Kharkiv claimed lives of citizens

Russian missiles hit Kyiv and Kharkiv, and killed four people. Many others were hurt according to officials.

Three people died and 42 were hurt when houses were hit in Kharkiv on Tuesday.

They were two women, one was 40 years old and the other was 56 years old.

The mayor of the city said that some of the apartment buildings were destroyed and rescue workers were searching through the debris to find people who may be alive.

The sky over Kharkiv turned orange because of a fire from Russian missiles. The city is near the border, so it’s hard to stop the missiles in the sky.

Natalia from Kharkiv said to the media that she hasn’t heard this much noise since the war began. She said, “My house was shaking. ” It was very noisy. There were loud booms, then ten seconds later there was another loud noise.

A lot of people don’t have electricity and heat. “I only feel fear and hatred right now,” she said.

At least one person died in the city of Pavlohrad in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

In Kyiv, there was an air attack that lasted for over two and a half hours, the longest since 2 January. Many people got hurt when a large building with apartments caught on fire and another building was also damaged.

A representative said a young woman was rescued from the collapsed building. At first, rescuers thought she was dead, but she is now in the hospital in critical condition. Many people were hurt in the central and western districts of Kyiv, Solomianskyi and Sviatoshynskyi.

In Sviatoshinsky, some houses were broken. A few hours after the attacks, the emergency services told the media that they were still at the place of the attacks looking for bombs. They thought there might be a part of a missile that didn’t explode.

Three more parts of Kyiv were also harmed by debris falling after the air defenses stopped the Russian missiles. Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko’s office reports that 20 people are hurt and 13 are in the hospital, including kids.

In another part of the city, after the attack, people came out of their bomb shelters and houses to see the damage.

In places that were not affected this time, people went about their morning like they normally do. Stores were open, and there were lots of people on the roads and streets.

The media went to a hospital where the workers kept working even though there were air raids and they heard the explosions and felt the doors shaking.

Ukraine’s air force destroyed 21 out of 41 missiles launched by Russia last night.

Missiles are hitting Ukraine’s cities more often now, and it’s very dangerous. The attacks have been getting worse in the last few weeks.

Ukraine is worried that Western countries are not giving them the weapons they need. Andriy Yermak, who works for the president, showed a video of the damage in Kharkiv and said, “Look at what’s happening in Kharkiv. ” We are more than just a fortress. “We want guns. ”

Ukrainian soldiers have attacked Russian fuel facilities, including a big attack on an oil terminal in the city of St Petersburg in the last week.

Novatek, an energy company, had to stop some of its work because of a fire at its Ust-Luga Baltic Sea export complex.
Two tall buildings in Kyiv were struck.