Russian missile strikes Ukraine's Odesa, falling debris trigger two fires in Kyiv

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One person was killed in a Russian missile strike on an industrial facility in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa early on Thursday..

Falling debris during an air raid triggered two fires in a non-residential building in the eastern districts of Kyiv, officials told news agency Reuters...

Two more people were wounded in the Odesa attack, military administration spokesman Serhiy Bratchuk said.. Mayor Vitaly Klitschko said a fire had broken out in a garage facility in the Darnitsya region of Kyiv..

Serhiy Popko, the head of Kyiv's military administration, said on Telegram that a blaze had broken out in non-residential premises in the Desnyansky district, east of the capital..

It was the ninth time this month that Russian air raids have targeted the capital, a clear escalation after weeks of lull and ahead of a much-anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive using newly supplied advanced Western weapons..

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