Russia launches new missile attack on Kiev, other cities of Ukraine

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KIEV (Reuters) – Russia launched a new missile attack on Ukraine’s capital Kiev and other cities on Thursday, officials said, prompting Ukrainian air defenses to repel it.

Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko urged residents to stay in shelters. Reuters witnesses reported multiple explosions in different parts of Kiev.

Lviv Mayor Andrey Sadovy reported hearing explosions in the western city near Ukraine’s border with Poland.

An air alert was declared for the entire country of Ukraine.

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Bakhmut region, Ukraine – 3 November: Ukrainian military special forces unit fires RPGs at enemy positions "Kurt & Co Group" Capture the first line of the front line of the Russian-Ukrainian war in the Bakhmut district of Ukraine on November 3, 2023. Ukrainian forces are struggling to retake Bakhmut, which was captured by Russian forces in May after a year-long war. In the summer, Ukraine recovered the area north and south of Bakhmut, but Russia occupied the city itself. (Photo by Kostya Liberov/Libcos/Getty Images)

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(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk and Olena Harmash; Editing by Kim Coghill and Jamie Freed)

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