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The missiles caused a widespread power outage across the Ukrainian capital as nearly 6,000 buildings were left without heat amid daytime temperatures of about minus 8 degrees Celsius. (AP)US-Russia row over Venezuela, via Ukraine<\/p>\nAt least four people were killed and 25 were injured in Kyiv as Russia on Friday bombed Ukraine with hundreds of drones and missiles in a large-scale overnight attack. Over the last four years of war-torn situations, this was the second time that the country used a powerful, new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine, in what is being seen as a warning to Kyiv\u2019s NATO allies and the West.<\/p>\n
The missiles caused a widespread power outage across the Ukrainian capital as nearly 6,000 buildings were left without heat amid daytime temperatures of about minus 8 degrees Celsius. (AP)US-Russia row over Venezuela, via Ukraine<\/p>\n
Calling the attacks escalatory and unacceptable, European leaders condemned it. European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said that the Oreshnik missile was meant as a warning to the US and Europe. \u201cPutin doesn\u2019t want peace, Russia\u2019s reply to diplomacy is more missiles and destruction,\u201d Kallas wrote on social media.<\/p>\n
Kyiv reels after destruction<\/p>\n
The missiles caused a widespread power outage across the Ukrainian capital as nearly 6,000 buildings were left without heat amid daytime temperatures of about minus-8 degrees Celsius, news agency AP reported quoting mayor Vitali Klitschko.<\/p>\n
Municipal services restored power and heat to public facilities, including hospitals and maternity wards, using portable boiler units, he added.<\/p>\n
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