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Moscow targets Kyiv after lengthy calm as Ukraine hails anniversary of recapture of Kherson

  • A missile targeted Kyiv ‘after a long pause of 52 days,’ said the head of Kyiv’s city military administration
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky praised Kherson as a ‘city of hope’ while regretting daily ‘revenge’ shelling by Russia

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People sit in a metro station to shelter from an air raid in Kyiv, Ukraine on Saturday. Photo: 
Reuters

A missile targeted Kyiv on Saturday without causing casualties but ending nearly two months of relative calm in the Ukrainian capital, while frontline regions fended off waves of drone attacks overnight.

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Ukrainian officials also hailed the anniversary of the recapture of Kherson city, the regional capital liberated a year ago in the last major frontline shift.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky praised Kherson as a “city of hope” while regretting daily “revenge” shelling by Russia.

“Just between yesterday evening and this morning, (Russia launched) almost 40 drones and rockets … Ballistic attacks against Kyiv, drones, and rockets against Odesa, the Kharkiv region,” he said.

A servicewomen cries as she lays flowers to commemorate those killed in the war, in Kherson, Ukraine on Saturday. Photo: AP
A servicewomen cries as she lays flowers to commemorate those killed in the war, in Kherson, Ukraine on Saturday. Photo: AP

Ukraine has been bracing for a renewed aerial onslaught this winter, after systematic strikes on the country’s energy grid left thousands without heating or electricity in freezing temperatures last winter.

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