Ukraine’s two largest cities came under attack early Tuesday from Russian missiles that killed five people and injured as many as 130, officials said, as the war approached its two-year mark and the Kremlin stepped up its winter bombardment of urban areas.
Russia launched 100 missiles of various types, including 10 Kinzhal missiles that can fly at 10 times the speed of sound, said Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine’s commander-in-chief. Ukrainian air defences shot down all 10 of the Kinzhal missiles, he said.
But other missiles got through in Kyiv and in Kharkiv, the provincial capital of the northeastern region. In Kyiv and the surrounding region, four people