KYIV: Russia pounded Kyiv and Kharkiv with missiles on Tuesday (Jan 2), Ukrainian officers stated, hours after President Vladimir Putin promised to avenge what Moscow stated was a Ukrainian assault on the Russian metropolis of Belgorod that killed 24 civilian people.
Russia barraged the Ukrainian capital with waves of missiles through the morning peak-hour, slicing off energy in elements of the town and sending particles from downed weapons falling throughout the realm.
“Explosions within the capital,” Mayor Vitali Klitschko stated on the Telegram messaging app, urging individuals to remain secure.
Ukraine’s air drive stated earlier on Tuesday it had destroyed all 35 assault drones that Russia launched after midnight concentrating on a number of cities in Ukraine, together with Kyiv.
The assaults got here after Putin stated on Monday that Ukraine’s strikes on Belgorod “will not go unpunished”. They saved most of Ukraine underneath air raid alerts for hours.