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Ukraine says one person killed in ballistic missile attack on Kyiv

One person has been killed and four injured in a Russian missile attack on Ukraine's capital overnight.

Kyiv's mayor said a nine-year-old girl was among the injured in the strikes which took place early on Wednesday.

The Ukrainian military said it had shot down six of seven ballistic missiles and 71 drones launched by Russia, which sparked several fires throughout the city.

It comes after President Volodymyr Zelensky suggested Ukraine would be prepared to swap land with Russia in potential peace negotiations.

The strikes had caused damage in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi, Podilskyi, Sviatoshynskyi and Obolonskyi districts, mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

Meanwhile, officials in the city of Kryvyi Rih also reported damage to residential buildings and infrastructure after the city was also targeted in Russian strikes on Tuesday night, the Dnipropetrovsk regional governor said on Telegram.

On the Russian side, the governor of Belgorod said on Wednesday a woman had been killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on the region.

"There are no words that could console the family and friends in such grief," Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram.

Reacting to Russia's attack on Ukraine, Zelensky said Russian president Vladimir Putin was "not preparing for peace".

"He continues to kill Ukrainians and destroy cities.

"Right now, we need unity and support from all our partners in the fight for a just end to this war," he wrote on Telegram.

 

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