Officials said Russian missiles struck a multi-storey apartment building in Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine on January 2, 2026, injuring at least 25 people. Regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov told Ukrainian television that, according to preliminary information, two ballistic missiles struck the area and rescue teams were clearing rubble and searching for people underneath. Syniehubov said 25 people were injured and 16 were in hospital, including a woman in serious condition, and Mayor Ihor Terekhov put the toll at 30 injured. Russia’s Defence Ministry wrote on Telegram that reports of an attack were untrue and suggested the blast was the detonation of stored Ukrainian military ammunition at the “Persona” shopping centre.