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Three dead in night-time Russian attack on Kyiv, military administration says
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on January 18, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on January 18, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026
Three people died in a Russian attack on Kyiv, with damage in Shevchenkivskyi and Desnyanskyi districts. Air defences were active.
(Reuters) - Three people were killed early on Saturday in the centre of Kyiv in a night-time Russian attack, said Timur Tkachenko, head of the Ukrainian capital's military administration.
Tkachenko posted on the Telegram messaging app that the deaths had occurred in the city's Shevchenkivskyi district. He said falling debris had also hit the Desnyanskyi district on the other side of the Dnipro River that runs through the capital.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said air defences were in operation around the city.
He said windows had been shattered in Shevchenkivskyi district, including at a metro station, and smoke was coming out of an apartment building. A water main had been damaged and repair crews had been dispatched to the site.
Authorities lifted the air raid alert on the capital after it had been effect for a little more than an hour.
(Reporting by Ron Popeski; Editing by William Mallard and Kim Coghill)
The article covers a Russian attack on Kyiv, resulting in three deaths and damage in multiple districts.
The attack occurred in Kyiv, specifically in the Shevchenkivskyi and Desnyanskyi districts.
Air defences were activated, and the air raid alert was lifted after an hour.
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