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Missile strike kills nine in Kyiv, officials say

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  • Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said nine people died and 23 were injured, including four children, in the overnight Kyiv strike.
  • Missiles hit homes and a five-storey residential building; cars and warehouses also caught fire, the emergency service and mayor reported.
  • Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said people were trapped after the building’s first and second floors partly collapsed.

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Ukraine’s State Emergency Service reported nine deaths and 23 injuries, including four children, after the overnight ballistic-missile strike on Kyiv.

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