Russian strikes kill in Kyiv and Kharkiv as Zelensky cites US delay

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Russian missile and drone attacks on Kyiv on Monday killed at least one person and injured 10, including students at a dormitory, and damaged medical facilities, an educational institution and a metro station. Strikes on Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, killed two and injured four, its mayor said. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine has waited nearly a month for the US defense secretary to sign off on Patriot missile supplies, as Russia intensifies attacks on energy and civilian infrastructure. A UN commission said the attacks on Ukraine's energy system amount to a war crime over the weaponisation of cold. Russia and Ukraine have agreed a localised ceasefire around the occupied town of Oleshky to allow aid and evacuations, though Moscow accused Kyiv of violating it ahead of the truce.

Why it matters：Moscow's escalation tests Western resupply and a fragile local truce, with winter energy attacks raising humanitarian stakes.

Key points

  • A Kyiv dormitory and metro station were damaged in Monday's strikes.
  • Zelensky said Patriot missile deliveries await a US signature.
  • A UN commission called Russia's energy-infrastructure attacks a war crime.

Sources (original reporting)

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