Two Russian missile strikes hit a multi-story building in Kharkiv in north-eastern Ukraine on Friday (January 2) and injured at least 15 people, regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said on Telegram. Surveying the scene, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said there were "no military objects" in the area. Local resident Liudmyla Ishchenko, 61, rushed to check on her apartment, which she bought a year ago and had begun to renovate. “Of course, I had hoped for peace,” she told reporters while standing in her shattered apartment.

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VIDEO SHOWS: SMOKE RISING AFTER EXPLOSION / RESCUERS WORKING AT SITE OF EXPLOSION / SOUNDBITE FROM MAYOR / SOUNDBITES FROM LOCAL RESIDENT

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SHOWS: KHARKIV, UKRAINE (JANUARY 2, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all)

1. SMOKE RISING FROM EXPLOSION

2. PEOPLE WALKING ON DEBRIS

3. RESCUERS WORKING ON SITE

4. DEBRIS

5. RESCUERS WORKING ON SITE

6. VARIOUS OF DESTROYED BUILDING

7. VARIOUS OF RESCUERS WORKING ON SITE

8. DESTROYED BUILDING

9. (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) KHARKIV MAYOR, IHOR TEREKHOV, SAYING:

“These are civilian objects. As you see, this is an old residential area in downtown Kharkiv. People have always lived in these five-storey buildings. As you see, there are no military objects nearby.”

10. RESCUERS ON SITE

11. BLAST CRATER

12. POLICE OFFICERS ON SITE

13. RESCUER ON SITE

14. DESTROYED BUILDING

15. 61-YEAR-OLD OWNER APARTMENT OWNER, LIUDMYLA ISHCHENKO, ENTERING BUILDING

16. ISHCHENKO ENTERING APARTMENT

17. ISHCHENKO LOOKING AT DESTROYED APARTMENT

18. (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) 61-YEAR-OLD APARTMENT OWNER, LIUDMYLA ISHCHENKO, SAYING:

“It is gone. The apartment is gone.”

19. DESTROYED APARTMENT, WATER FALLING

20. (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) 61-YEAR-OLD APARTMENT OWNER, LIUDMYLA ISHCHENKO, SAYING:

“Of course (I had hoped for peace.)”

(REPORTER OFF-CAMERA: "Why?")

“What do you mean ‘why’? I planned to live. I didn’t plan to…”

21. SEVERELY DAMAGED RESIDENTIAL AREA

22. PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH DEBRIS