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Evening Standard
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Michael Howie

Kyiv hit by waves of drone strikes in first attacks on Ukraine’s capital in weeks

Russian drone strikes damaged buildings in Kyiv on Wednesday in the first attacks on Ukraine’s capital in weeks - though air defences thwarted many more, authorities said.

The head of the Kyiv city administration, Serhii Popko, wrote on Telegram that the strikes came in two waves, and shrapnel from the intercepted drones damaged one administrative building, while four residential buildings sustained minor damage. No casualties were initially reported.

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