Russia's bombardment of Ukrainian urban infrastructure intensifies
Newshour
BBC
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Kyiv's mayor, Vitali Klitschko has urged people to leave the city if they have somewhere else to go while the freezing conditions last. We hear from a resident of Kharkhiv in eastern Ukraine after overnight strikes on the city.
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(Photo: Firefighters work at the site of an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Credit: Reuters/Sofiia Gatilova)
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:08.8 | Hello and welcome to NewsHour live from the BBC World Service in London. |
| 0:13.4 | I'm Rebecca Kesbby, and we begin the programme in Ukraine, where it's currently minus 10 degree C in Kiev, |
| 0:20.4 | and Russia has turned that bitter cold into its latest weapon. where it's currently minus 10 degrees C in Kiev, |
| 0:24.5 | and Russia has turned that bitter cold into its latest weapon. |
| 0:27.5 | Despite the round-the-clock efforts of engineers, |
| 0:29.5 | electricians and technical teams, |
| 0:33.7 | around 20% of the capital's buildings are without power after sustained Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure. |
| 0:37.6 | Overnight, Russian strikes on Ukraine have killed at least one person and injured dozens. |
| 0:42.6 | This sound is from footage released by the Russian military authorities of rocket fire on Ukrainian targets. |
| 0:49.2 | It's not been independently verified. |
| 0:56.4 | Well, Kiev's mayor, Vitali Klitsko, has urged people to leave the city if they have |
| 1:02.6 | somewhere else to go while this freezing weather lasts. |
| 1:06.1 | The latest strikes come just as the trilateral talks between the US, Ukraine and Russia, |
| 1:11.0 | continue into their second day in Abu Dhabi. |
| 1:14.3 | Ukraine's foreign minister said the brutal attacks hit not just our people, but the negotiating table. |
| 1:20.0 | More on those talks in a moment. |
| 1:22.1 | First, earlier today I caught up with Anna Zakarava, a resident of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine. |
| 1:28.4 | So what was last night like? |
| 1:30.7 | It was long and it was loud because we had a lot of drone attacks and drone strikes, unfortunately. |
| 1:39.3 | My husband and I, we were not sleeping this night because we were like looking through the news, |
| 1:45.3 | trying to understand what to do. |
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