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2026-05-24 08:12:44
[At Least Three Injured in Massive Airstrike on Kyiv] Tkachenko, head of the military administration of Kyiv, posted on social media early on the 24th that the city had been hit by a massive ballistic missile attack, with buildings in several districts caught fire. As of approximately 2:00 AM, at least three people were injured. Tkachenko stated that buildings in several districts, including Shevchenkovsky, Podolsky, Darnitsky, and Solomensky, were attacked, and the casualty figures are still being verified. Xinhua News Agency reporters in Kyiv noted that strong explosions were heard in Kyiv and the Kyiv region from around 1:00 AM, and Ukrainian air defenses continued to intercept the attacks. As of press time, the airstrikes were still ongoing. The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations announced on the 23rd that the death toll from the attack by Ukrainian armed forces on a vocational school in the Luhansk region had risen to 21, and all bodies had been recovered from the rubble. The Ukrainian military denied attacking the school. (Xinhua)
