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A Russian drone hits a Kyiv school as Moscow presses its aerial campaign against Ukraine

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KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian drone struck a school in Kyiv on Thursday, city officials said, as the Ukrainian capital endured another day of relentless aerial attacks.

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  1. Photos: Russian drone strikes pound civilian targets across Kyiv

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    A Russian drone hits a Kyiv school as Moscow presses its aerial campaign against Ukraine

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  1. The Kyiv Independent

    BREAKING: Multiple fires across Kyiv, city center struck as all-day Russian drone attacks continue (opens The Kyiv Independent)

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    The Kyiv Independent's feed description

    In the city center, local media and Telegram channels reported a strike next to the main campus of Kyiv's Taras Shevchenko National University.

  2. Al Jazeera

    Photos: Russian drone strikes pound civilian targets across Kyiv (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Ukraine condemns Russian targeting of civilians as strikes kill seven and injure dozens across Kyiv.

  3. Independent Journal Review

    160 Survive Russian Drone Strike on Kyiv School (opens Independent Journal Review)

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    A Russian drone struck a school in Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district during an air raid, damaging the building and starting a fire while more than 100 children and dozens of staff sheltered inside; no one at the school was injured, and the drone’s warhead did not detonate.

  4. The Columbian

    A Russian drone hits a Kyiv school as Moscow presses its aerial campaign against Ukraine (opens The Columbian)

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    KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian drone struck a school in Kyiv on Thursday, city officials said, as the Ukrainian capital endured another day of relentless aerial attacks.

  5. Euromaidan Press

    A school with children, a café, warehouses: Russia’s drones hit civilian Kyiv again (opens Euromaidan Press)

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    Euromaidan Press's feed description

    More than 100 students and about 60 staff were in the school's shelter when a Russian drone hit the building. All came through unharmed, as fires burned across two Kyiv districts.

  6. Al Jazeera

    Russian drone hits school in Ukraine’s Kyiv as Moscow presses air assault (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Russian drone strikes hit a school in Kyiv and the main bridge, disrupting transport in the latest wave of attacks.

  7. New York Post

    Russian drone strikes Kyiv school as Moscow’s relentless aerial attacks against Ukraine continues (opens New York Post)

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    Children and staff at the school were in shelters when the drone hit, Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said, and its warhead didn’t explode.

  8. Euromaidan Press

    Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1681: Russian drone hit Kyiv school sheltering more than 100 students and about 60 staff (opens Euromaidan Press)

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    Euromaidan Press's feed description

    NATO chief Mark Rutte says there is no risk of Russia using nuclear weapons against the Baltics, even as Moscow warns that isolating Kaliningrad could trigger a nuclear response.

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