‘Most massive’ Russian attack on Kyiv kills at least 25

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KYIV: Russia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles at Ukraine’s capital Kyiv in the early hours of Thursday, killing at least 25 people, wounding at least 85 people and damaging around 130 buildings in the deadliest attack on the capital this year.