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"Russia has carried out one of its biggest ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv
and other Ukrainian cities, launching a five-hour assault that left at least
six people dead and dozens injured, and caused fires and damage across the
capital.
Ukrainian officials said the capital had been hit with about 40 Iskander-M and
hypersonic Zircon missiles. Residents heard an air raid siren at 1.30am. There
was the sound of air defences, followed minutes later by a series of booms and
explosions.
Houses in Kyiv’s historic centre shook, and car alarms blared, as dozens of
missiles arrived in less than an hour. There was a second air raid siren at
6.30am, with more impacts reported.
A three-storey building caught fire in the central Shevchenkivskyi district.
Rescuers dug out several people trapped inside and recovered a body. Four other
areas were hit, with fires reported at offices and residential buildings and a
dormitory.
Residents sheltering inside Lukianivska metro station posted footage after the
ceiling in the ground-floor vestibule collapsed because of a massive blast
wave. The station is temporarily closed.
“According to preliminary information, one person was, sadly, killed as a
result of the attack,” the city military administration said on Telegram.
Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said seven people were wounded."
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