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Russia launches year's most concentrated barrage on Ukraine, officials and media say
About 20 ballistic missiles targeted energy infrastructure and homes in Ukraine’s largest cities, causing emergency power cuts and multiple injuries, officials said.
- On January 13, 2026, Russian forces launched the year's most intense wave of missile attacks on Ukraine's two largest cities, killing four people in Kharkiv, Oleh Syniehubov said.
- Telegram channels monitoring Ukraine said about 20 ballistic missiles were launched within about an hour, describing the most sustained strike this year as Russia repeatedly targets Ukraine's power system.
- Ukraine's State Emergency Service said a postal terminal in Kharkiv was destroyed, sparking fires across about 500 square metres, while DTEK reported heavy damage to equipment at a thermal power plant.
- Rescuers pulled 30 people to safety, including two from under rubble, while officials reported six injured in Kharkiv, five in Odesa and two in Kryvyi Rih.
- Ukrenergo said emergency power cuts were imposed in Kyiv after infrastructure damage, while Ukraine's armed forces and Russia offered no immediate comment and Reuters could not independently verify.
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Russia launches year's most concentrated barrage on Ukraine, officials and media say
Russian forces launched the year’s most intense wave of missile attacks on Ukraine early on Tuesday, killing four people and injuring several others, while emergency power cuts were imposed in Kyiv after damage to infrastructure.
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The news of Tuesday, January 13 on the conflict in Ukraine, live. The representative of the United States, Tammy Bruce condemned Moscow's attacks against civilians and civil energy targets as a mockery of the cause of peace.
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On the night of Monday into Tuesday, Russian troops launched airstrikes against Kyiv and Kharkiv, Ukraine's two largest cities, Ukrainian authorities announced. Four people were killed and six wounded in the Kharkiv suburbs.
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