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Four dead in overnight Russian attack on Kyiv: military

By AAP Newswire

Jan 18, 2025

Scene of a Russian missile attack in Kyiv — Four people have been killed in a Russian missile attack on Kyiv, Ukrainian authorities say. -AP

Four people have been killed in the centre of Kyiv in a night-time Russian attack, the head of the Ukrainian capital's military administration says.

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Timur Tkachenko posted on the Telegram messaging app that the deaths had occurred in the city's Shevchenkivskyi district early on Saturday.

He said falling debris had also hit the Holosiivskyi district on the west bank of the Dnipro River, which runs through the capital, and in the Desnyanskyi district on the opposite bank.

Officials say debris fell over both sides of the Dnipro River, which runs through the capital Kyiv. (AP PHOTO)

Public broadcaster Suspilne posted pictures on Telegram of emergency crews working amid piles of shattered glass.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said air defences were in operation around the city.

Klitschko said windows had been shattered in Shevchenkivskyi district, including at a metro station which had been closed.

He said smoke was coming out of an apartment building and repair crews had been dispatched to repair a damaged water main.

Authorities had warned of the danger of attack drones and missiles in the run-up to the strike.

The air raid alert on the capital was lifted after it had been in effect for a little more than an hour.

By AAP Newswire

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