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Russia launches Kyiv missile attack, hours after Trump blames Zelensky

Ukranian policemen gather along a street next to a destroyed car following a Russian drone strike in Kharkiv on April 22, 2025. [AFP]

Russia launched a missile attack Thursday on Kyiv, killing at least two and wounding dozens hours after US President Donald Trump lashed out at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for refusing to accept Moscow's occupation of Crimea as a peace deal.

The Ukrainian capital was attacked "by enemy missiles" in the early hours, with flights of drones heard across the city by AFP journalists as residents hid in bomb shelters.

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