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Russian air attack on Ukraine kills 1, injures 31 while negotiators try to end war
Ukraine’s foreign minister says Putin’s missiles ‘hit not only our people, but also the negotiation table’
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Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least one person and wounded 31 overnight into Saturday as negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States were to meet in the United Arab Emirates for a second day of talks to end Russia’s nearly four-year full-scale invasion.
One person died and four were wounded in drone attacks on the capital, Kyiv, according to Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko.
In Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, drone attacks wounded 27 people, said Kharkiv regional head Oleh Syniehubov.
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“Kyiv is under a massive enemy attack. Do not leave shelters!” Mayor Vitali Klitschko posted on Telegram, adding that several non-residential buildings had been hit.
Fires broke out in several buildings hit by drone debris while heat and water services in parts of the capital were interrupted, he said.
Farther east, in Ukraine’s second city, Kharkiv, Mayor Igor Terekhov reported that an attack by Iranian-made Shahed drones had damaged several residential buildings near the Russian border.
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