Four dead in night-time Russian attack on Kyiv

A destroyed car is seen as firefighters work on the site of a damaged building after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025.
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“We already have four dead in Shevchenkivsky district,” Tymur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv’s military administration, said on Telegram hours after the city’s mayor Vitali Klitschko warned of a “ballistic missile threat” against the capital.

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Meanwhile, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said air defences were in operation around the city.

He said windows had been shattered in Shevchenkivskyi district, including at a metro station, and smoke was coming out of an apartment building. A water main had been damaged and repair crews had been dispatched to the site.

Authorities lifted the air raid alert on the capital after it had been effect for a little more than an hour.

(With inputs from Reuters and AFP)