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Published 06:46 5 Aug 2026 BST
Updated 05:42 5 Aug 2026 BST

A Russian ballistic Kyiv missile strike overnight has killed at least two people and injured more than 20 others, officials in the Ukrainian capital say. The barrage began after midnight on Wednesday, with air raid alerts sounding for more than an hour as waves of ballistic missiles hit the city and its outskirts.
A woman was killed in Kyiv and regional authorities said another person died in Bucha, west of the city. At least 24 people were injured in areas around the capital, four of them in a serious condition. Timur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv’s military administration, said damage was being recorded in the Bucha, Brovary and Fastiv districts, part of a wider picture of heightened Russian military activity in recent weeks.
The enemy is once again deliberately striking civilians and civilian infrastructure.
Timur Tkachenko, Kyiv military administration
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko warned that people could be trapped under rubble after strikes on the city centre, and urged residents not to ignore air raid sirens. There has been no comment from Russia, the BBC reported. The attack follows an intensifying exchange of long-range strikes, with Ukraine also targeting Russian infrastructure in recent days.
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