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'Massive' Russian air attack hits Western Ukraine, Kyiv; Poland says its airspace violated

Smoke rises in the sky over the city after a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's war in Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine on March 24, 2024. © Gleb Garanich, Reuters

Ukraine's capital Kyiv and the western region of Lviv came under a "massive" Russian air attack early Sunday, officials said, and Poland demanded an explanation from Russia after one of its missiles strayed briefly into Polish airspace.

Russia and Ukraine have been engaged in a series of deadly aerial attacks, with Sunday's strikes also coming a day after the Russian military said it had seized the Ukrainian village of Ivanivske west of Bakhmut.

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