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Nine people were killed and over a dozen injured in Russian air attacks on Kyiv and the surrounding region on Tuesday, authorities said, in the sixth consecutive day of \u200cstrikes on the Ukrainian capital.<\/p>\n

Attacks both in Ukraine and Russia continue as efforts are ongoing to find a solution to end the deadliest conflict on the European continent since World War II, which started with Moscow\u2019s full-scale invasion in February 2022.<\/p>\n

Eight people were killed and another five wounded in Kyiv, three of them children, and fires broke out in different locations around the capital, emergency services said on the Telegram messaging app.<\/p>\n

In Boryspil in the Kyiv region, one person was killed and another nine, including a child, \u2060were injured after missiles and drones damaged a residential building and a business facility, Governor Tymur Tkachenko said on Telegram.<\/p>\n

The daily Russian strikes on \u200cKyiv and the surrounding region are disrupting the lives of millions of people. Air raid alerts covered most of Ukraine\u2019s territory in the early hours of Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Russia has been increasing attacks on Ukraine\u2019s borders, in addition to energy \u200cand logistic facilities, and on Tuesday a fresh strike stopped border crossings into Romania \u2013 a member of the European Union \u2060and Nato \u2013 at Orlivka on \u2060the Danube river.<\/p>\n

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