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Russia launches fierce missile attack on Kiev
Firefighters extinguish a fire after a rocket hit a building of a higher education institution in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, September 2, 2024

RUSSIA has launched a barrage of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles at Kiev, Ukraine’s air force said today.

A series of explosions rocked the Ukrainian capital in the early hours of Monday, September 1, sending residents into bomb shelters.

The city’s mayor Vitalii Klitschko said emergency services were called to the Holosiivskyi and Solomianskyi districts of Kiev.

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