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Several Wounded As Ukraine Repels Russian Missile Attack On Kyiv


Ukrainian authorities say the country's air defenses downed eight cruise missiles over Kyiv. (file photo)
Ukrainian authorities say the country's air defenses downed eight cruise missiles over Kyiv. (file photo)

Ukrainian air defenses repelled a missile attack on the capital, Kyiv, and its surroundings in which at least four people were wounded, the military and officials said. Eight cruise missiles were downed over Kyiv on December 11, the Ukrainian Air Force said, while the capital's military administration said falling debris wounded four residents of Kyiv's southeastern neighborhood of Bortnychiy. Eighteen drones were also shot down over Ukraine, the military said, adding that most of them had targeted the southern region of Mykolayiv. To read the original stories by RFE/RL Ukrainian Service, click here and here.

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