Kyiv was just one of several targets in massive Russian air strikes across Ukraine on December 20.
Kyiv In Flames After Massive Russian Attack
- By RFE/RL
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Firefighters work amid burning rubble. Ukrainian military authorities reported that Russia fired eight missiles at the capital.
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A woman appears shocked, cradling her dog, in the wake of the blast.
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One person was reported killed and several wounded in the Kyiv attack.
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This child was heard calling "Mama!" as a woman led her briskly to safety, away from the burning car behind them, following Russian air strikes on Kyiv on December 20.
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This was the scene at just one of several blast sites in Kyiv, after the latest of a sustained campaign of drone and missile strikes by Russian forces.
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Kyiv's St. Nicholas Church was among the buildings damaged.
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A business center was also damaged, with a fire occurring between the 13th and 15th floors.
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But these seasonal decorations went largely unscathed.
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A shop worker clears glass shattered across the sidewalk.
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More than 600 residential buildings in the capital were left without heating as a result of the blasts...
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...as were 16 medical institutions, 17 schools, and 13 kindergartens.
