Russian missiles strike Kyiv, but no casualties, Ukrainian officials say


July 13 (Reuters) - Russian ⁠forces attacked the Ukrainian capital ⁠Kyiv with missiles early on Tuesday, ‌triggering fires in widely separated districts of the city, senior officials said.

The air alert in the ​city was lifted after ⁠about 50 minutes. ⁠No casualties were reported.

Tymur Tkachenko, head of ⁠the capital's ‌military administration, said two storage areas were hit and ⁠set on fire in the Holosiivskyi ​district just ‌outside the city centre.

Mayor Vitali Klitschko ⁠said drone ​debris had hit the ground in an open area in an eastern suburb ⁠and cars had been set ​ablaze.

Reuters witnesses reported several explosions in the city.

In the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, ⁠Russian drones struck residential and other areas, injuring 11 people, emergency services said.

A drone attack in a town outside ​Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city ⁠in the northeast, injured six people, Kharkiv ​regional governor Oleh Syniehubov ‌said on Telegram.

(Reporting by ​Ron Popeski; Editing by Franklin Paul, Daniel Wallis and Jamie Freed)

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