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Russian drone strike kills two people in Kiev as Ukraine continues border attack
Russian Emergency paramedics roll a stretcher with a resident of a bloc of flats damaged after shelling by Ukrainian forces into an ambulance in Kursk, Russia, August 11, 2024
A RUSSIAN drone and missile barrage on the Ukrainian capital Kiev today morning killed two people, one a four-year-old boy, the city’s military administration said.
The attack involved four ballistic missiles and 57 Shahed drones, Ukraine’s air force said. Air defences shot down 53 drones.
The bodies of a 35-year-old man and his son were found under rubble after missile fragments fell on a residential area in Kiev’s Brovary suburb. Another three people were injured in the attack.
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