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Huge explosions shook Kyiv and raid sirens sounded across Ukraine on Thursday morning during a mass missile attack 24 hours after commitments were made by the US and Germany to send advanced battle tanks. There were reports of at least one person killed.
A total of 30 missiles were said to be heading towards targets in the war-torn country after Ukraine’s air defences shot down 24 Iranian-made Shahad “kamikaze” drones overnight.
“We expect more than 30 missiles, which have already started to appear in various territories,” said Yuriy Ignat, a Ukrainian military spokesperson. “Air defence systems are working.”
Another spokesperson later claimed that Ukraine’s air defences had shot down 15 cruise missiles heading to Kyiv.
In the capital, the calm of a cold and snowy morning was broken at 10.06am local time by the sound of large explosions close to the main railway station.
Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, reported on Telegram that there had been explosions in the city.
