Russia hammers Ukraine's capital with major daytime drone strike, according to CBS News and The Guardian

Jet-powered drones are increasingly targeting Ukraine’s capital, with medical centre also hit, according to The Guardian.

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Russia hammers Ukraine's capital with major daytime drone strike, according to CBS News and The Guardian.

Anatoliy Zagorodny, the president of the national academy, according to The Guardian.

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A Russian drone hit the National Academy of Sciences in central Kyiv on Monday, killing at least one person, in the latest daytime attack on Ukraine’s capital — confirmed by: The Guardian, CBS News
Russia hammers Ukraine's capital with major daytime drone strike — confirmed by: CBS News, The Guardian

The 19th-century building stands close to the German embassy, the National Opera, St Volodymyr’s Cathedral and several government buildings — The Guardian
Jet-powered drones are increasingly targeting Ukraine’s capital, with medical centre also hit A Russian drone hit the National Academy of Sciences in central Kyiv on Monday, killing at least one… — The Guardian
At least one person was killed and three others were wounded, according to Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, who said the injured had been taken to hospital — The Guardian
Anatoliy Zagorodny, the president of the national academy — The Guardian
Standing outside the burning building, he said he did not know why Russia had targeted a leading centre of scientific research — The Guardian
Among those injured in Monday’s strike was Volodymyr Horbulin, the academy’s first vice-president and a former high-ranking security official — The Guardian

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