Ukraine - Kharkiv attack - 26 January 2025

Description
STORY: OCHA / UKRAINE KHARKIV ATTACK
TRT: 02:55
SOURCE: OCHA
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT OCHA ON SCREEN
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 24-25 JANUARY 2026, KYIV, UKRAINE

Shotlist
1. Wide shot, aid workers are at the scene providing support during the night
2. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Yevhen Koliada, Head of the Relief Coordination Centre NGO: 
“Five in the morning. The dormitory where the evacuated people were living. All the windows are blown out, and we evacuated all residents to another dormitory. Tomorrow, psychologists will work with them. The team has been working all night and will most likely continue until all the windows are sealed, because it is important to prevent the pipes from bursting [due to low temperature].”
3. Various shots, aid workers are at the scene providing support during the night, setting up heating tents, delivering construction materials in to quickly fix broken windows
4. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Iryna Strel'nikova, Director of the Kharkiv Regional Medical Professional College: 
“Last night, our institution suffered significant damage from the aggressor. This is a medical educational institution where nurses, paramedics, midwives, and dental technicians are trained. At the beginning of the full-scale war in 2022, our college took in internally displaced persons and arranged a dormitory where these people could live.”
5. Various shots, the affected medical institution, damaged classes and rooms of the dormitory
6. Various shots, aid workers continue to provide support during the day on Sunday, 25 January 2026

Storyline
A large-scale attack on Kharkiv on 24 January injured dozens of residents. A maternity hospital, a medical school now serving as a collective site for displaced people and residential buildings were damaged.

Nearly 50 people who had fled their homes in search of safety lost those few personal belongings they had saved. Much of the humanitarian assistance they had just received was also destroyed.

People were retraumatized as danger returned to the very place where they had hoped to feel safe again.
Humanitarian teams worked overnight to cover shattered windows and prevent vital indoor systems from collapsing in sub-zero temperatures.