Russia launches air strike on Kyiv, city
official says attack repelled
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[June 06, 2023]
By Valentyn Origenko
KYIV (Reuters) - Russia launched a new wave of overnight air strikes on
Kyiv, with officials at the Ukrainian capital saying that air defence
systems downed more than 20 cruise missiles on their approach.
"All were shot down, there were no hits," Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv's
military administration, said on the Telegram messaging app.
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An explosion of a missile is seen in the
city during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine,
in Kyiv, Ukraine June 6, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
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Reuters could not independently verify the report.
Reuters' witnesses reported hearing several blasts that sounded
like air defence systems while the city was under air raid
alerts for more than four hours, starting soon after midnight on
Tuesday.
Falling debris hit road surfaces and damaged power lines to the
trolley system in Kyiv's Desnianskyi district, the military
said. The district, on the left bank of the Dnipro River is
Kyiv's most populous.
According to preliminary information, there were no casualties,
the officials said.
(Writing by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Kim Coghill and
Christian Schmollinger)
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