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On January 5, 2026, the Russian army launched missile strikes on Kharkiv and used attack drones to attack the Dnieper, as well as attacking Kyiv and the Kyiv region.
In Kharkiv, according to Mayor Igor Terekhov, Russian forces launched five missile strikes on the city's energy infrastructure. "We have sustained significant damage," he reported on Telegram, specifying that the strikes hit an industrial zone in the Slobodsky district. The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office noted that a 58-year-old employee of a company located near the strike site was injured in the attack.
Terekhov clarified that the strikes were carried out by ballistic missiles. "We can strengthen defenses: concrete, metal, shelters… But no concrete structure can withstand five ballistic missiles… This isn't just a strike on targets. It's a strike on warmth, on water, on people's normal lives. They're trying to break us with fear and darkness. They're trying to destroy the results of months of hard, honest labor. They're trying to erase what we've already rebuilt many times after previous attacks," the Kharkiv mayor wrote. He also assured that despite the strikes and the threat of further attacks, restoration work will continue.
In Dnipro, Russian troops used attack drones to attack an oil extraction plant owned by the American company Bunge, based in St. Louis, Missouri. The attack resulted in 300 tons of sunflower oil spilling onto the city's roads. "Utility workers are cleaning up, throwing sand and mixture, but traffic along the embankment will be blocked for about two to three days," said Mayor Boris Filatov.
In Kyiv and the Kyiv region, Russian attacks killed two people and wounded three. According to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine on Facebook, the strike hit a four-story building of a private medical facility in the Obolonskyi district of the capital. The fire struck the second floor, where the hospital's inpatient department is located. The body of one person was found during the firefighting effort. Twenty-five people were evacuated, and three were injured.
Kyrylo Fesik, head of the Obolon District Administration, clarified that approximately 70 people were inside the building when debris struck. A 74-year-old man died in the Fastiv district of the Kyiv region, and residential buildings, garages, two cars, and industrial and warehouse facilities were damaged. The attacks also knocked out power in the city of Slavutych. "All critical infrastructure facilities have been switched to backup power. The city has heat and water," said Mykola Kalashnik, head of the Kyiv District Administration.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, nine Iskander-M ballistic missiles, S-300 surface-to-air missiles, and approximately 165 attack drones, including approximately 100 Shahed-type UAVs launched from the Bryansk and Voronezh regions of Russia, were used in the attacks on Ukraine. By the morning of January 5, Ukrainian air defense forces had managed to shoot down or suppress 137 Russian drones. Hits by ballistic and surface-to-air missiles, as well as 26 attack drones, were recorded in ten locations, and debris impacts were recorded in nine locations across the country.
