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Russia strikes power plant, kills four in Ukraine barrage

By AFP
January 14, 2026
Firefighters inspecting the strike site. —AFP/File
Firefighters inspecting the strike site. —AFP/File

KHARKIV, Ukraine: Russia battered Ukraine with more than two dozen missiles and hundreds of drones early on Tuesday, killing four people and pummelling another power plant, piling more pressure on Ukraine´s brittle energy system.

Moscow has pummelled Ukraine with daily drone and missile barrages in recent months, targeting energy infrastructure and cutting power and heating in the frigid height of winter.

An AFP journalist in the eastern Kharkiv region, where the four people were killed, saw firefighters battling a fire at a postal hub and rescue workers helping survivors by lamp light in freezing temperatures.