Russian missile hits residential building in attack on Kharkiv

Russian forces launched new attacks on the city of Kharkiv on the evening of Sunday, 29 January. A Russian missile hit a residential building located in the city centre. Source: Oleh Syniehubov, Head of the Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram; Ukraine's air-raid alert system

Quote from Syniehubov: "Residents of Kharkiv and Kharkiv Oblast, occupation forces are carrying out new strikes! Remain in shelters!"" Details: Syniehubov later reported that a Russian missile (an S-300 missile, according to early reports) has struck a residential building in the Kyiv district of central Kharkiv.

"Emergency services are working on the scene.

Initial data on casualties and damage has yet to be confirmed," he added. As of 23:05 (Kyiv time), air-raid sirens have been sounding in Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, as well as in Russian-occupied Crimea. All-clear has since been sounded in most oblasts.

As of 23:50, air-raid sirens have once again been sounded in Kharkiv.

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