Russian Strikes Kill Eight, Injure Dozens In Ukraine

A wave of Russian missiles hit and other Ukrainian cities killing eight people and wounding dozens, setting ablaze and toppling apartment blocks and creating new panic among exhausted residents.

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Rescue workers in Kharkiv Ukraine's second city that is near Russia's border-hauled survivors from smouldering piles of rubble, AFP journalists reported.

Authorities said seven people were killed in the northeastern city of Kharkiv in the overnight barrage that also wounded more than 50 people.

Interior Minister Igor Klymenko praised "heroic" rescuers that he said had pulled 27 survivors from rubble. He posted dramatic footage of workers cutting free a man who had been trapped in freezing temperatures for hours.

Ukraine's army chief Valery Zaluzhny said Russian forces fired 41 missiles in the barrage and his forces had downed 21 of them.