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Six killed in strike on Russia's Kursk after deadly missile attack on Kyiv Six killed in strike on Russia's Kursk after deadly missile attack on Kyiv
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Ukrainian officials said Moscow had launched a fresh attack on KyivUkrainian officials said Moscow had launched a fresh attack on Kyiv
Russian authorities say six people have been killed including a child, in a Ukrainian strike in Russia's Kursk region. Russia says six people have been killed, including a child, in a Ukrainian strike in the Kursk region.
The region's acting governor added that 10 people were taken to hospital following the attack on the town of Rylsk. This comes after Ukrainian officials said Moscow had launched a fresh missile attack on Kyiv, damaging a building hosting several embassies.
A cultural centre, fitness complex, school and homes were damaged, the governor added. In Russia, the acting governor of the Kursk region said in addition to those killed, several were taken to hospital following the attack on the town of Rylsk.
This comes after Ukrainian officials said Moscow had launched a fresh missile attack on Kyiv, which reportedly damaged a building in the city centre hosting six embassies. Alexander Khinshtein said a cultural centre, a fitness complex, a school and homes were damaged in the strike which took place at 15:30 local time (12:30 GMT).
The foreign ministry said that the diplomatic missions of Albania, Argentina, North Macedonia, Palestine, Portugal and Montenegro were affected. It is unclear whether the building was directly targeted. Ukrainian troops still hold parts of the Kursk region after launching a surprise incursion in August.
According to Ukraine's military, at least one person died and nine others were injured in the strike which damaged a number of buildings in the city. Ukraine's foreign ministry said Russia's strike in the capital had affected the diplomatic missions of Albania, Argentina, North Macedonia, Palestine, Portugal and Montenegro. It is unclear whether the building housing them was directly targeted.
European Union (EU) chief Ursula von der Leyen condemned the Friday's strike on the Ukrainian capital, calling it "another heinous Russian attack against Kyiv". At least one person died and nine others were injured in the strike which damaged a number of buildings in the city, Ukraine's military said. It is not thought that any of the embassy diplomats were injured.
Russia has not yet commented. In a verified video filmed in the Pecherskyi District, Kyiv's second oldest Roman Catholic church St Nicholas Cathedral is shown with windows shattered following a nearby blast.
Ukraine's military said Russia launched 65 drones and missiles across the country overnight, with most shot down.Ukraine's military said Russia launched 65 drones and missiles across the country overnight, with most shot down.
The country's air force said it shot down all five of the Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles Russia launched on Kyiv on Friday morning, and the debris caused damage in five areas of the city. One man in Kyiv, who said he was the owner of a restaurant that suffered extensive damage following the attack, was filmed cursing the Russians as "beasts" as he surveyed the charred shell of a building in front of him.
It is not thought that any of the embassy diplomats were injured. The video was widely shared on social media.
Portuguese foreign minister Paulo Rangel told local media: "It is absolutely unacceptable for attacks to damage or target diplomatic facilities." Police inspect debris inside the St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church in Kyiv
Oksana, another resident, sent the BBC photos of her destroyed apartment, with the windows blown in and glass and brickwork strewn across the floors.
"I don't understand how I survived," she said.
"My balcony flew away, half my walls are gone. My neighbour is in such shock she can't even speak. I have no words for the people who did this."
A local journalist at the scene told the BBC that one of the buildings nearby had been used by the Ukrainian Security Service, the SBU, and was likely to have been the target of the strikes, although much of the damage seen by the BBC had affected residential buildings.
In a statement confirming the attack, the Russian Defence Ministry said missiles had been launched at an SBU "command post" in response to a strike on a chemical plant in Russia's Rostov Region two days ago.
But there is also speculation in Kyiv that Friday's attack could be linked to the killing of a Russian general, Lt-Gen Igor Kirillov, in Moscow on Tuesday.
Friday's attack come one day after Vladimir Putin's end-of-year press conference and phone-in show, in which he threatened to launch more ballistic missiles at the Ukrainian capital.
There is concern in Kyiv that Russia could use a so-called Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile to hit the capital. Moscow test-fired the missile on the city of Dnipro earlier this month.
Earlier on Friday morning, the Ukrainian authorities issued an air alert linked to the possible launch of an Oreshnik missile, and urged people in Kyiv to urgently seek shelter. It turned out to be a false alarm.