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Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Russia struck Ukraine's Kyiv region with ballistic missiles and drones on Monday, killing at least 11 people and wounding dozens, authorities said, on the eve of a NATO summit in Turkey.

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An AFP journalist in Kyiv heard more than 10 explosions during a ballistic missile alert early Monday. Around 30 minutes later, AFP journalists saw several flashes in the sky as another series of blasts rang out.

Authorities said 10 people were killed in Kyiv and one in the Bucha district northwest of the capital. At least 46 people were wounded in the capital and 15 others in surrounding areas.

Russia's defence ministry said it had carried out a "massive strike" using missiles and drones against what it described as "military-industrial enterprises," fuel and energy complex facilities in several Ukrainian regions.

The attack caused four fires to break out, all in residential buildings, Tymur Tkachenko, the head of the Kyiv region's military administration, wrote on Telegram.

"Places where people were simply sleeping tonight," he added.

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