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Massive Russian strikes hit Kyiv killing several people

Massive Russian strikes hit Kyiv killing several people
France 24 Thursday 20 August 2026, 07:17 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Massive Russian strikes hit Kyiv killing several people Europe Issued on: Modified: Share Russian ballistic missiles killed 12 people and injured more than 30 in Kyiv early on Thursday, authorities said, damaging buildings and severing power supply to some parts of the Ukrainian capital. FRANCE 24’s Camille Corcoran brings us more with this report.
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