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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Kyiv, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) — Russia launched a massive missile and drone strike on Kyiv on Thursday night, killing at least 18 people, including four children, and injuring 38 others, the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration Timur Tkachenko said on Telegram.
He added that in total, about a hundred objects in seven of the city’s ten districts were damaged.
According to T. Tkachenko, residential buildings in the Darnitsky and Dniprovsky districts of Kyiv were significantly damaged. In addition, the central Shevchenkivsky district was severely damaged, with several non-residential buildings and office buildings damaged. Significant damage was also caused to a number of locations in the Holosiivsky district.
As reported by the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Igor Klimenko, aviation of the State Emergency Service was called in to extinguish the fires that broke out in Kyiv.
The Ukrainian Air Force, in turn, stated that on the night of Thursday, the Russian army fired a total of 31 missiles and 598 drones of various types at Ukrainian territory.
According to the Ukrainian side, as of 09:00 Kyiv time, Ukrainian air defense forces were able to shoot down or suppress 589 air targets, including 26 missiles. Russian missiles and drones were recorded hitting 13 locations. –0–
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