A view of a residential building damaged in a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 1, 2023.
A view of a residential building damaged in a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 1, 2023. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
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Ukraine: Russian missiles strike Kyiv region, killing two children

A Russian missile attack on Kyiv killed three people, including two children, and injured 14 on Thursday, officials in the Ukrainian capital said.
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(Reuters) -A Russian missile attack on Kyiv killed three people including two children and injured 14 on Thursday, officials in the Ukrainian capital said.

The Kyiv military administration said in a statement the attack struck the Desnyanskyi region on the capital's eastern outskirts as well as Dniprovkskyi district, closer to the centre.

It was the 18th attack on the capital this month.

Emergency services personnel near a cordon after a Russian missile strike at a compound of a municipal clinic, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 1, 2023.
Emergency services personnel near a cordon after a Russian missile strike at a compound of a municipal clinic, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 1, 2023. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said nine people needed hospital treatment. Emergency crews had extinguished fires caused by falling debris near the sites of the strikes.

Local residents react at the site of a municipal clinic damaged in a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 1, 2023.
Local residents react at the site of a municipal clinic damaged in a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 1, 2023. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

Klitschko said on the Telegram messaging app a medical clinic had been hit. Photographs posted on the city's website showed windows blown out in the clinic and in nearby apartment buildings.

The view shows a local clinic, which was heavily damaged during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 1, 2023.
The view shows a local clinic, which was heavily damaged during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 1, 2023. Kyiv City Military Administration/Handout via REUTERS

Pictures from the scene posted on social media showed rescue teams attending to residents in buildings, with shattered building materials strewn about on the street.

Local residents stand near an apartment building damaged in a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 1, 2023.
Local residents stand near an apartment building damaged in a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 1, 2023. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

City authorities said the impact was from shot-down cruise or ballistic missiles.

Air raid alerts in Kyiv and in most of eastern Ukraine were in effect for about an hour.

(Reporting by Gleb Garanich and Ron Popeski; Editing by William Mallard and Stephen Coates)

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