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More now on the strikes Russia launched on Ukraine overnight.
Two people were killed in the biggest strikes since 15 August, according to the Associated Press. The massive Russian attack hit at least six cities across Ukraine and wounded at least 21.
In the southern city of Kherson, near the front lines, two people were killed in Thursday’s attacks and at least five injured after a strike hit a residential building, said regional governor Oleksand Prokudin.
Seven people were injured in Kyiv, including a 9-year-old girl, reported mayor Vitalii Klitschko, and some residential and commercial buildings were damaged.
At least six strikes hit the Slobidskyi district of Kharkiv, damaging civilian infrastructure, said regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov. The city’s mayor added that two people had been sent to hospitals.
Seven were injured and at least one person was rescued from under rubble in Cherkasy, in central Ukraine, according to Ihor Klymenko, minister of internal affairs of Ukraine.
An industrial zone was hit in the western region of Lviv, damaging buildings and starting a fire, but no information on casualties was immediately available, Klymenko added.
Regional governor Vitalii Koval reported strikes in the city of Rivne in the northwest region of the same name, without immediately providing details.
