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Russia uses hypersonic Oreshnik missile in Kyiv attack
Key takeaways
- Russia carried out a massive drone and missile attack on the capital, Kyiv, and its surrounding region overnight, killing at least four people.
- Russia's army later confirmed it had used the missile.
- The attack came after Moscow threatened retaliation for strikes in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine.
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Russia carried out a massive drone and missile attack on the capital, Kyiv, and its surrounding region overnight, killing at least four people.
https://p.dw.com/p/5EFONDebris was on fire on the premises of a school in Kyiv Image: Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo/dpa/picture alliance Advertisement Russia used a powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile in an overnight missile and drone attack on Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday.
Russia's army later confirmed it had used the missile.
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