Kyiv comes under Russian missile attack, killing at least nine

Death reported after residential areas and warehouses hit in heavy bombardment in capital and surrounding regionA heavy Russian bombardment killed at least nine people in Ukraine’s capital and its surrounding region overnight, authoritie…

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