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Yuliia Dysa and Daniel Flynn

Russia hits Ukraine with hypersonic missile in attacks

Russia has pounded Kyiv and surrounding areas with hundreds of drones and missiles in one of the heaviest bombardments of the city since the start of the four-year ‌war, firing an Oreshnik hypersonic missile near the capital.

Russia's hours-long overnight barrage killed four people and wounded more than 80, according to Ukrainian officials, and officials said dozens of residential buildings and several schools ‌had been damaged.

"It was a terrible night for Kyiv," Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a Telegram message from the site of one attack on Sunday.

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