FACE OF PUTIN'S CARNAGE
Kremlin missile barrage rains hell on civilian targets
Russian missiles struck Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities Tuesday morning, killing at least six people and injuring 70 others — with devastating images showing the blood-soaked walking wounded.
One horrifying image shows a woman covered from head to toe in large splatters of blood — her head barely visible under thick white bandages. She was seen standing in an ambulance, staring shell-shocked at the devastation in Ukraine’s second-largest city Kharkiv, which suffered the greatest blow in the morning attack.
Before she was treated, her face was thickly coated with blood, reminiscent more of a gory Halloween mask than a woman still holding shopping bags from a routine outing.
Five people were reportedly killed in the Kharkiv attack, while another 51 were injured, according to Gov. Oleh Synehubov.
Medical staff dragged bloodied and injured civilians out of smoking piles of rubble. At least 30 apartment buildings were damaged in the onslaught, Mayor Ihor Terekhov told local media.
A broken gas pipeline also left thousands of residents without power into the morning, state energy firm Naftogaz reported.
Meanwhile, up to 22 people including three children were wounded in the Kyiv onslaught, which targeted several apartments and non-residential buildings.
Air-raid sirens blared out in the capital city as rescuers tended to injured residents and cleaned up broken glass from the streets.
‘A very loud bang’
Tuesday’s bombardment also killed one person in the southeastern city of Pavlohrad, the regional governor said.
The horrifying onslaught included more than 40 ballistic, cruise, anti-aircraft and guided missiles, Ukrainian officials said, noting that their air force had intercepted 21 of them.
Nearly 20 of the missiles had been shot down over Kyiv, a city spokesperson said.
“There was a very loud bang, and my mother was already running outside, shouting that we need to leave,” recalled resident Daniel Boliukh, 21. “We all went to the corridor.
“Then, we went on the balcony to have a look and saw all these buildings were on fire.”
Russia has carried out regular airstrikes on Ukrainian cities and civilian infrastructure since launching its invasion in February 2022. Kyiv has repeatedly called for more advanced air-defense systems from its Western