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VIDEO // Massive missile attack on Kiev. Josep Borell is in the capital of Ukraine

Russia fired cruise and ballistic missiles and Shahed-type drones at targets across Ukraine, killing at least three civilians and injuring more than 10 people, Ukrainian authorities said. Russia targeted at least three big cities, according to the Ukrainian military, which said it intercepted 44 drones and missiles of the 64 that were launched.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said two people were killed in the capital, Kyiv, and one person in Mykolaiv in the south of the country.

“Another massive attack against our state. Six regions were under the enemy’s strike. All our services are now working to cope with the consequences of this terror,” he posted on X.

Power was knocked out in parts of Kyiv, with high voltage cables damaged, and people were trapped under rubble, the president said.

According to Mayor Vitalii Klitschko, 13 people were injured in Kyiv, including a pregnant woman.

The attacks in Kyiv sent Josep Borrell, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, into an air raid shelter in his hotel, the AFP news agency reported.

Borrell is visiting to underline the bloc’s “unwavering support” to Ukraine as the war nears its third year.

All 27 EU countries agreed on an additional 50-billion-euro ($54bn) aid package for Ukraine last week. Western help is desperately needed by Ukraine, which is struggling with ammunition and personnel shortages.

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