'We used to live here...We don't have anything'

Kyiv residents lament the loss of their homes after latest Russian missile strikes

Ms Mariya Kadurina wrapped a quilt around her fouryear-old son as he sat in front of their still-smouldering block of flats in Kyiv after a Russian missile attack on Jan 2.

Kyiv's residents were woken that day by sirens and explosions as Russia fired a deadly barrage of missiles at Ukrainian cities, leading Ukraine's Defence Minister to accuse Moscow of "deliberately" targeting residential areas.

"We live - we used to live - here," the 29-year-old said, her eyes looking wild and her lips bleeding.

"That's it. We don't have anything." Ms Kadurina is a taxi driver, and her car was also destroyed in the attack.

The long, grey Soviet-era block on Kudryashova Street near Kyiv's central rail station was hit and set on fire during the morning's heavy attacks on the capital.

Two people were killed and 49 others wounded.

Hours later, smoke still poured from several flats, there was a smell of burning, and shattered glass littered the pavement opposite.

Exhausted firefighters were working to extinguish smouldering, blackened remains of flats.

Behind the building was a crater, suggesting a downed missile fell but exploded on impact.