Overview
- The January 2 strike in Kharkiv’s Kyivskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts left a three-year-old boy and his mother dead.
- Thirty-one people were injured, 16 hospitalized, with one woman in extremely critical condition, according to local authorities.
- At least 32 buildings were damaged, more than 1,000 windows shattered and 14 roofs harmed, with an educational facility, a shopping mall, a hospital and utility networks also affected.
- By the morning of January 3, municipal crews had boarded over 70% of shattered apartment windows and were working round the clock to protect homes during winter weather.
- Ukraine says two Iskander missiles hit the area, while Russia’s defence ministry claims an ammunition detonation and rejects responsibility; President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the attack as “heinous.”