Ukrainian capital Kyiv under missile attack, two injured, mayor says


July 8 (Reuters) - ⁠Ukraine's capital Kyiv came ⁠under a Russian missile ‌attack early on Wednesday, triggering fires and injuring at least two ​people, Mayor Vitali Klitschko ⁠said.

Klitschko, writing ⁠on Telegram, said strikes in ⁠the capital ‌had caused a fire in ⁠a storage area and a non-residential ​building ‌in two areas on ⁠either side ​of the Dnipro River.

Two people were injured, with ⁠one requiring treatment in ​hospital.

The air alert lasted for about an hour.

A missile strike ⁠in the southern port of Odesa earlier in the evening injured 10 people, ​regional governor Oleh ⁠Kiper said. Eight were ​being treated in ‌hospital.

(Reporting by Ron ​Popeski; Editing by Nia Williams and Lincoln Feast)

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