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Virginia Pietromarchi

Ukraine latest updates: One killed as Russian missiles hit Kyiv

Damage at the scene of a residential building following explosions in Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 26, 2022. Several explosions rocked the west of the Ukrainian capital in the early hours of Sunday morning, with at least two residential buildings struck, according to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko [Nariman El-Mofty/AP Photo]
  • One person has been killed after Russian attacks hit a residential building and a kindergarten compound in the centre of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv – the first time the city has been targeted since early June.
  • Leaders from the G7 gather in Germany where they are expected to announce a ban on Russian gold imports, US President Joe Biden says.
  • Russia’s defence ministry claims it had used high-precision weapons to hit Ukrainian army training centres in the Chernihiv, Zhytomyr and Lviv regions.
  • Indonesian President Joko Widodo states he will call for a ceasefire during a peace-building visit to Russia and Ukraine.
  • Severodonetsk’s mayor confirms the city in the eastern region of Luhansk is now under the “full occupation of Russia”.

This live blog is now closed, thank you for joining us. These were the updates on Sunday, June 26:

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