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Russian air strikes kill 3, injure 7 in and around Kyiv, officials say

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Russian air strikes hit Kyiv and surrounding areas on September 30, killing three people including a child and injuring seven others, according to officials. The attacks caused fires and damaged infrastructure, homes, warehouses, and cars. Ukrainian neighbours Romania and Poland responded by scrambling military jets to protect their airspace from potential threats.
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On September 30, Russian air strikes killed three people, including a child, and injured another seven in and around the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. According to Tymur Tkachenko, Kyiv regional governor, the attacks involved both missiles and drones, damaging infrastructure facilities, houses, warehouses, and cars. The Kyiv City Military Administration reported two deaths and four injuries specifically within the city limits. Mayor Vitali Klitschko noted that fires broke out in private homes as well as a store and warehouse during the assault.

In response to these attacks, both Romania and Poland, neighboring EU and NATO members, scrambled military jets to safeguard their airspace from potential threats. Additionally, Ukraine carried out a drone attack on the Russian Samara region, an important oil-producing area approximately 1,100 km southeast of Moscow, causing damage to private residences there.

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A Reuters witness heard explosions in the city. Tymur Tkachenko, Kyiv regional governor, writing on Telegram, said that a Russian missile and a drone strike killed a child and injured three more people in the area, also damaging infrastructure facilities, houses, warehouses and cars.
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Russian air strikes kill 3, injure 7 in and around Kyiv, officials say Sept 30 - Russian air strikes killed three, including a child, and injured another seven people in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and the surrounding region early on Wednesday, officials said. asserted
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The attack has killed two and injured four in the capital, Kyiv City Military Administration said on Telegram, and Mayor Vitali Klitschko said fires broke out, affecting private houses along with a store and a warehouse. asserted
fires → kill → store
A Reuters witness heard explosions in the city. Tymur Tkachenko, Kyiv regional governor, writing on Telegram, said that a Russian missile and a drone strike killed a child and injured three more people in the area, also damaging infrastructure facilities, houses, warehouses and cars. asserted
missile → hear → facilities
Ukraine's neighbours, European Union and NATO members Romania and Poland, have both scrambled military jets to protect their airspaces amid Russian attacks on Ukraine, according to defence ministry and armed forces statements on uncertain
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