Blasts heard in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities amid mass missile strikes

Reports of some injuries amid power outages in Kyiv and 20 damaged residential buildings in Mykolaiv in country’s south

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Russia launched a missile attack on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities on Wednesday morning, Ukraine’s air force said, with several blasts heard in the country’s capital while air defence systems were engaged in repelling the attack.

The loud blasts were heard in Kyiv just before 7am, Reuters’ witnesses reported.