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One person killed by russian missile strike on Kyiv

A woman and a seven-year girl were recovered from the rubble.

One person killed by russian missile strike on Kyiv
Four were rushed to hospital
Photo: Telegram/State Emergency Service

One person was killed and four were rushed to hospital as a result of a Russian missile strike on Kyiv this morning, the Prosecutor-General's Office has said on Telegram.

Among them are a woman and a child were recovered from the rubble.

A criminal case was opened over violation of the laws and customs of war and encroachment on Ukraine's territorial integrity and inviolability.

The missile strike damaged a nine-storied residential building and adjacent infrastructure in one of Kyiv's central neighbourhoods. The upper three floors caught fire and were partly ruined.

Twenty-five residents were evacuated.

The spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force, Yuriy Ihnat, said russia fired Kh-101 rockets on Kyiv from Tu-95 and Tu-160 bombers from the area of the Caspian Sea.

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