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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Dan Sabbagh in Kyiv

Seven killed in Kyiv as Russia hits Ukraine’s energy sector with missiles and drones

Smoke and flames billowing out of a damaged building, with rescuers visible inside
Ukrainian rescuers at the site of a Russian strike on a nine-storey residential building in Kyiv in the early hours of Tuesday. Photograph: Maxym Marusenko/EPA

Russia launched a massive missile and drone attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure overnight, killing seven and injuring 21 in Kyiv as a fresh round of US-brokered peace negotiations began in Abu Dhabi.

A total of 22 missiles, including four hypersonic Kinzhals, and 464 drones, were fired by Russia in attacks that principally targeted Kyiv and the surrounding area, according to the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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