Daytime Russian strike hits science academy in Kyiv — ‘This is terrorism’

Jet-powered drones are increasingly targeting Ukraine’s capital, with medical centre also hitA Russian drone hit the National Academy of Sciences in central Kyiv on Monday, killing at least one person, in the latest daytime attack on Ukr…

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