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Ukrainian firefighters work at the site of a heavily damaged Nova Poshta postal company terminal following an air strike in a village outside of Kharkiv on January 13, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Sergey Bobok, AFP


Ukrainian firefighters work at the site of a heavily damaged Nova Poshta postal company terminal following an air strike in a village outside of Kharkiv on January 13, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A Russian attack on Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv killed four people and wounded several others, the regional governor said on January 13, 2026. (Photo by SERGEY BOBOK / AFP)

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1768295486986AFP__20260113__92GH3RP__v1__MidRes__UkraineRussiaConflictWar.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Ukrainian firefighters work at the site of a heavily damaged Nova Poshta postal company terminal following an air strike in a village outside of Kharkiv on January 13, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Sergey Bobok, AFP" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Ukrainian firefighters work at the site of a heavily damaged Nova Poshta postal company terminal following an air strike in a village outside of Kharkiv on January 13, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. <em>Sergey Bobok, AFP</em></span></span></span></div><p>KHARKIV, Ukraine -- Russia battered Ukraine with more than two dozen missiles and hundreds of drones early Tuesday, killing four people and pummelling another power plant, piling more pressure on Ukraine&#x27;s brittle energy system.</p><p>An AFP journalist in the eastern Kharkiv region, where four people were killed, saw firefighters battling a fire at a postal hub and rescue workers helping survivors by lamp light in freezing temperatures.</p><p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said &quot;several hundred thousand&quot; households near Kyiv were without power after the strikes, and again called on allies to bolster his country&#x27;s air defense systems.</p><p>&quot;The world can respond to this Russian terror with new assistance packages for Ukraine,&quot; President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on social media.</p><p>&quot;Russia must come to learn that cold will not help it win the war,&quot; he added.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/1/1/zelensky-says-deal-to-end-war-10-percent-away-0854">READ: Zelensky says deal to end war &#x27;10 percent&#x27; away</a></div><p>Authorities in Kyiv and the surrounding region rolled out emergency power cuts in the hours after the attack, saying freezing temperatures were complicating their work.</p><p>DTEK, Ukraine&#x27;s largest energy provider, said Russian forces had struck one of its power plants, saying it was the eighth such attack since October.</p><p>The operator did not reveal which of its plants was struck, but said Russia had attacked its power plants over 220 times since Moscow invaded Ukraine in 2022.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>- Daily attacks -</strong></div><script data-wid="auto" type="text/javascript" src="https://content.viralize.tv/display/?zid=AAFz8gWM8iRADsJr&amp;cid=ABvoN958Yzwl-Rdz"></script><p>Moscow has pummeled Ukraine with daily drone and missile barrages in recent months, targeting energy infrastructure and cutting power and heating in the frigid height of winter.</p><p>The Ukrainian air force said that Tuesday&#x27;s bombardment included 25 missiles and 247 drones.</p><p>The Kharkiv governor gave the death toll and added that six people were wounded in the overnight hit outside the region&#x27;s main city, also called Kharkiv.</p><p>White helmeted emergency workers could be seen clambering through the still-smoking wreckage of a building occupied by postal company Nova Poshta, in a video posted by the regional prosecutor&#x27;s office.</p><p>Within Ukraine&#x27;s second city, Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov said a Russian long-range drone struck a medical facility for children, causing a fire. No casualties were reported.</p><p>The overnight strikes hit other regions as well, including southern city Odessa.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/12/29/trump-says-ukraine-deal-closer-but-no-talks-breakthrough-1217">READ: Trump says Ukraine deal closer but no talks breakthrough</a></div><p>Residential buildings, a hospital and a kindergarten were damaged, with at least five people wounded in two waves of attacks, regional governor Sergiy Lysak said.</p><p>Russia&#x27;s use last week of a nuclear-capable Oreshnik ballistic missile on Ukraine sparked condemnation from Kyiv&#x27;s allies, including Washington, which called it a &quot;dangerous and inexplicable escalation of this war&quot;.</p><p>Moscow on Monday said the missile hit an aviation repair factory in the Lviv region and that it was fired in response to Ukraine&#x27;s attempt to strike one of Russian President Vladimir Putin&#x27;s residences -- a claim Kyiv denies and that Washington has said it does not believe happened.</p>

<p>Russia battered Ukraine with more than two dozen missiles and hundreds of drones early Tuesday, killing four people and pummelling another power plant, piling more pressure on Ukraine's brittle energy system.</p>

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

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Russia strikes power plant, kills four in Ukraine barrage

Sergey Bobok,

Agence France-Presse

Published Jan 13, 2026 05:47 PM PHT

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