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Ukraine hails air defences after heavy Russian missile strikes

Parts of a Russian cruise missile shot down by the Ukrainian Air Defence Forces, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, are seen in a field in Kyiv region, Ukraine December 5, 2022. Head of the National Police of Kyiv region Andrii Nebytov via Telegram/Handout via REUTERS

Russia rained long-range missiles on Ukraine on Monday, killing two people, destroying homes in the southeast and causing power outages, but Kyiv said its air defences had limited the damage.

Air raid sirens blared across the country and men, women and children huddled in the capital's cavernous metro system to take cover during the latest big wave of missile strikes since Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine.

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