Russian missile strikes in the Kyiv region near Kyiv killed three people, including a child, on Saturday
Local authorities said Russian missile strikes in the Kyiv region near Kyiv killed three people, including a child, on Saturday, as ballistic missile alerts were declared around the capital.
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What is confirmed
Russian strikes near Kyiv killed three people[1][2][3]
Location was near Kyiv / in the Kyiv region[1][2][3]
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Russian missile strikes in the Kyiv region near Kyiv killed three people, including a child, on Saturday.[1][2][3]
Air raid alert declared around capital for ballistic missile threat
Local authorities said the three people were killed in the Kyiv region on Saturday as an air raid alert was declared in and around the Ukrainian capital due to the threat of ballistic missiles.[3]
Strikes continue after warnings about interceptor shortage near Kyiv
Russia continued its overnight attacks after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of Ukraine's dwindling supplies of missile interceptors, in reporting that noted a child was among three killed near Kyiv.[2]
Ukraine is chronically short of air defences capable of downing Russia's ballistic missiles, according to reporting around Moscow's latest strike near Kyiv that killed three people.[1]
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