January 24, 2026 | 04:48 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Russian missiles and drones hit Ukraine's two largest cities of Kyiv and Kharkiv early on Saturday, with Ukrainian officials so far reporting one death and more than 20 cases of injury.
Kyiv's mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said the strikes killed one person in the capital city and injured another four, of whom three were hospitalized.
Another four people were injured in the wider Kyiv region, the head of the regional military authority said.
Klitschko said fires had broken out in districts on either side of the Dnipro River, which runs through the city, and that heating and water supplies had been disrupted in some areas to the east of the river.
A medical facility was reportedly among the buildings damaged in the attacks.
In Kharkiv, which is located just 30 kilometers (18 miles) from the Russian border, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said at least 11 people had been injured in attacks involving 25 drones over 2 1/2 hours.
Terekhov wrote on the messaging app Telegram that the drones had hit a shelter for displaced people, a hospital and a maternity hospital.
The attacks came as trilateral talks are set to continue in Abu Dhabi between top teams from the U.S., Ukraine and Russia on a peace plan.
Zelenskyy calls for more air defense systems following attacks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on allies to continue supplying air defense systems after overnight attacks by Russian forces killed at least one person and injured dozens of others.
"Overnight, Russia carried out a massive attack on our regions, launching over 370 attack drones and 21 missiles of various types. Kyiv and the region, as well as the Sumy, Kharkiv, and Chernihiv regions, were targeted," Zelenskyy wrote on messaging app X.
While expressing condolences to the family and loved ones of the person who was killed and gratitude to emergency workers, Zelenskyy said such strikes "must be met with a strong response."
"We are counting on the reaction and assistance of all our partners. Every missile for Patriot, NASAMS, and all other systems helps protect critical infrastructure and enables people to endure the winter cold," he wrote.
"We must ensure full implementation of everything agreed with [U.S.] President [Donald] Trump in Davos regarding air defense," he added, without providing detail on those agreements.
Zelenskyy met with Trump on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, with the Ukrainian leader saying agreement had been reached on postwar security guarantees for his country at the meeting.
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