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Posted on December 20, 2024
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A Russian missile attack in Kyiv injured two people and damaged buildings, sparking fires across the city. Ukrainian air defences were engaged.
KYIV (Reuters) - A Russian missile attack injured two people and damaged buildings in Kyiv, local officials said after explosions were heard in Ukraine's capital on Friday.
The attack sparked fires across the city, in addition to damaging an office building, according to the head of Kyiv's military administration, Serhiy Popko.
Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that the attack injured at least two people.
Ukrainian air defences were engaged in repelling a missile attack on Kyiv, local officials and the air force said earlier on Friday.
Reuters witnesses said they heard multiple explosions following an air force warning about an attack.
(Reporting by Anastasiia Malenko; Editing by Himani Sarkar and Jamie Freed)
The main topic is a Russian missile attack on Kyiv that injured two people and damaged buildings.
Ukrainian air defences were engaged to repel the missile attack on Kyiv.
The incident was reported by local officials and the head of Kyiv's military administration.
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