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Russia attacks Kyiv with ballistic and cruise missiles - Military Administration

Russia attacks Kyiv with ballistic and cruise missiles - Military Administration Photo: Russia attacked Kyiv with ballistic and cruise missiles (Getty Images)
Author: Liliana Oleniak

Russian troops launched a combined attack on Kyiv this morning. First, cruise missiles were launched, followed by ballistic missiles, according to Kyiv City Military Administration spokesperson Mykhailo Shamanov.

"The capital was attacked today with a combined strike. First, cruise missiles Kh-101 and Kh-555 were launched from the Caspian Sea. And then, presumably, there was ballistics. Most likely, it was Iskanders," he says.

Shamanov notes that the Ukrainian Air Force will provide the number and exact type of missiles.

Russian missile attack on Ukraine on January 23

Russian troops launched a missile attack on Ukraine on the morning of January 23. In Kyiv, cars and a residential building caught fire.

According to mayor Vitaliy Klitschko, there are currently 7 victims of the morning attack on the capital. Most of them are in the Solomiansky district. Six people were hospitalized, and one victim, a 13-year-old boy, was treated on the spot.

In addition, in Kharkiv, as a result of Russian shelling, the entrance of a residential building was destroyed, and people were trapped under the rubble. There are also reports of a power outage and partial water supply in one part of the Kyiv district of the city.