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Russia launched a missile strike on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities during Wednesday morning rush hours, Ukraine\u2019s Air Force said, with several blasts heard in the country\u2019s capital when air defence systems were engaged in repelling the attack.<\/p>\n
The loud blasts were heard in Kyiv just before 7 a.m. (0500 GMT), Reuters\u2019 witnesses reported.<\/p>\n
Kyiv\u2019s Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on the Telegram messaging app that air defence systems were engaged. It was not immediately clear whether there were any casualties or damage as a result of the attack.<\/p>\n
All of Ukraine was under an air raid alert, starting at around 6 a.m., with Ukraine\u2019s Air Force warning on Telegram of a risk of a Russian missile attack.<\/p>\n
Oleh Sinehubov, governor of the Kharkiv region in Ukraine\u2019s northeast, said Russian missiles struck non-residential infrastructure in Kharkiv city, the administrative centre of the region.<\/p>\n
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Russia conducted a missile strike on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities during Wednesday morning rush hours, as reported by Ukraine’s Air Force. Blasts were heard in Kyiv around 7 a.m. local time (0500 GMT), and air defence systems were activated to repel the attack. An air raid alert was issued for all of Ukraine starting at approximately 6 a.m., with a warning of a potential Russian missile attack. Russian missiles hit non-residential infrastructure in the city of Kharkiv, according to Oleh Sinehubov, the governor of the Kharkiv region. The status of casualties or damage from the attack was not immediately known.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2913,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[383,3,250,296,148,466,19,729,17,774,18],"class_list":["post-2912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyprus","tag-attack","tag-cyprus","tag-google","tag-kyiv","tag-local","tag-missile","tag-russia","tag-strike","tag-ukraine","tag-ukraine-crisis","tag-world"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n