Ukraine war: Russian air strikes claim five lives in Kyiv and Mykolaiv - BBC News

Officials say four people died in an attack on Kyiv and another man was killed in Mykolaiv.

3 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsWar in UkraineImage source, ReutersImage caption, Four people were killed in Kyiv and another man died in Mykolaiv, authorities saidBy Patrick JacksonBBC NewsRussian missile and drone strikes targeted cities across Ukraine on Wednesday morning, killing at least five people and wounding dozens more, Ukrainian authorities said.

Four people were killed when a block of flats was hit in Kyiv's south-western Holosiyivsky district.

A man was also killed in the southern city of Mykolaiv, officials said.

The whole country was put under air alert and attacks were reported as far west as Lviv, near the Polish border.

Ukraine's commander-in-chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi said Russia had fired 64 missiles and drones, of which 44 were intercepted. According to the Ukrainian air force, Russian cruise missiles were detected above the western regions of Lviv, Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk.

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