Russia launched a major ballistic missile assault on Kyiv late Saturday, carrying out Moscow’s explicit vow to punish Ukraine for a deadly strike in the occupied east.
The barrage shook the capital’s government district and sent residents fleeing into metro stations as sirens warned of an ongoing threat.
“The capital has come under a mass ballistic missile attack,” Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, wrote on Telegram.
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