Ukraine war: Russia attacks Kyiv striking two residential buildings

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Russia has attacked the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv striking at least two residential buildings, the city's mayor has said.

Russian artillery hit Kyiv's central Shevchenkivskiy district this morning partially destroying a nine-storey apartment building and causing a fire

"There are people under the rubble," Vitali Klitschko said on the Telegram messaging app.

"They [the rescuers] have pulled out a seven-year-old girl. She is alive. Now they're trying to rescue her mother."

There had been no major strikes on Kyiv since June and before that April.

It comes after the key eastern battlefield city of Severodonetsk fell to pro-Russian forces on Saturday.

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