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Russia targets Kyiv with missiles and drones, setting buildings ablaze and causing injuries
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Russia targets Kyiv with missiles and drones, setting buildings ablaze and causing injuries

The Guardian · Jul 2, 2026, 12:52 AM · Also reported by 2 other sources

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Multiple explosions heard in Ukraine capital with a hotel and several residential buildings on fire Russian forces have attacked the Ukrainian capital ⁠Kyiv with drones and missiles, hitting residential ⁠buildings, ⁠triggering ​a fire in a hotel on a central boulevard and injuring at least five.Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko, ⁠writing on Telegram, said the hotel roof was on fire. Pictures posted online ⁠showed a fire burning out of control at the ​top of the ‌building on ‌the central Shevchenko Boulevard. Continue reading...

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