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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Artem Mazhulin in Kyiv, Sam Jones and agencies

Russia says strikes on Kharkiv were reaction to Ukraine’s attack on Belgorod

Moscow has said the wave of drone and missile strikes that wounded at least 28 people in Ukraine’s second-biggest city late on Saturday was launched in retaliation for the “terrorist attack” on the Russian border city of Belgorod earlier the same day that reportedly killed 24 people.

Ukraine’s national police said on Sunday that at least six Russian missiles had reached Kharkiv on Saturday night, injuring more than two dozen people and hitting 12 apartment buildings, 13 residential houses, a hotel and a kindergarten.

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