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Missiles hit Kyiv after Russia vows retaliation
Key takeaways
- Russia struck the Ukrainian capital with a large ballistic missile attack, leaving at least one person killed.
- "The capital has come under a mass ballistic missile attack," Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, wrote on Telegram.
- "There are currently reports of at least 4 locations affected by the attack: Shevchenkivsky, Dniprovsky and Podilsky districts.
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Russia struck the Ukrainian capital with a large ballistic missile attack, leaving at least one person killed.
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 hit the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with a massive strike of missiles and drones early on Sunday, killing at least one person and wounding more than 20, after it threatened retaliation for strikes in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine.
"The capital has come under a mass ballistic missile attack," Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, wrote on Telegram.
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