In the early morning of January 23, Russia struck Ukraine again, launching more than ten cruise missiles from Tu-95MS bombers. Around 6 o'clock in the morning, the rockets crossed the border and, after maneuvers, hit Kyiv.
Ballistic and cruise missiles were also fired at Kharkiv, Dnipro and Pavlograd, causing casualties in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Pavlograd. In Kharkiv, the entire entrance of a residential building was destroyed. 
The first groups of rockets flew through Sumy Oblast in a western direction through Poltava, Cherkasy and Vinnytsia regions. After the maneuvers over Vinnytsia and Zhytomyr region, most of the rockets headed for Kyiv, where the air defense system was operating, and where the explosions took place.
Witnesses reported loud explosions in the western and central parts of the capital, and smoke was rising over Kyiv. The military administration reported that as a result of a missile strike, parked cars caught fire in the Svyatoshyn district.
Mayor of Kyiv Vitaliy Klitschko clarified the information about the destruction and the injured in the capital, indicating that a building and cars are on fire in the Svyatoshyn district, and there is information about debris hitting a kindergarten building.
In the Solomyansk district, the blast wave shattered the windows of an apartment building, where the injured were called to the medics. Several apartments of a residential building are on fire in the Solomyan district, emergency services have been sent to the scene. There is also a hit in a non-residential building in the Pechersk district. 
"An undetonated warhead of a missile was found in a residential building in Sviatoshyn district. Residents are being evacuated," the mayor of Kyiv added.
The head of the KMVA, Serhii Popko, reported on one dead woman and the wounded in the capital, most of them with mine and explosive injuries. The mayor of Kyiv stated that the number of victims is nine, most of them in the Solomyansk district, where eight people were hospitalized. Medics are carrying out resuscitation measures for one of the victims, and they are helping another 13-year-old boy on the spot.
The Air Force revealed that missiles initially aimed at Starokostiantyniv in Khmelnytskyi had made a U-turn and decided to attack the capital.
Over the past month, as a result of similar attacks by Russia, missiles from Tu-22M3 bombers and aeroballistic "Daggers" from MiG-31s are also usually released.
The Tu-22M3 group rose into the air after 6 o'clock in the morning and also fired missiles. Kharkov was also hit.
Prior to the launch of the cruise missiles at approximately 5:00 a.m., Russia launched a ballistic missile attack on Kharkiv, leading to a series of explosions.
Oleg Sinegubov, the head of the Kharkiv region, reported the destruction of civil infrastructure and residential buildings.
After 7 o'clock in the morning, attacks on Kharkiv were repeated. As a result of the strikes, two women were killed and at least 13 people were injured.
Serhii Bolvinov, head of the police of Kharkiv region, reported a fire at a gas stove and four shots in the suburbs of Kharkiv. As a result of the shelling, residential buildings in the private sector were damaged, and children and one woman received shrapnel wounds.
Russian forces also destroyed a sanatorium school for sick children in another district. Later, it became known about the complete destruction of the entrance of the apartment building as a result of shelling, where rescuers are currently conducting rescue work.
Mayor of Kharkiv Igor Terekhov reported on problems with energy supply and water supply in one of the most affected parts of Kyiv district.
Russia also launched an attack on Balaklia, launching two S-300 missiles.
Around 7 o'clock in the morning, the Air Force reported the movement of ballistic missiles in the direction of Dnipro and Pavlograd.
Pavlograd was also hit by cruise missiles. According to preliminary information, one person was killed as a result of the attack, and there are others injured, as reported by the local authorities.
Russia continues to use combined missile attacks similar to those that have occurred since late December 2023. It usually uses cruise missiles, aeroballistic Daggers, as well as S-300 and Iskander M ballistic missiles.
The first such strike occurred on December 29, and the following ones on January 2, 8, and 13. It is worth noting that the interval between attacks this time was ten days.
Experts believe that the delay in the new attack may be related to the destruction of the Russian A-50 radar detection aircraft on January 15 over the Sea of Azov.
During the attack on Kyiv on December 29, a record number of people died since the beginning of the invasion - as many as 33 people.
