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Russian attack on Kyiv injures 10, starts fire and damages high-rise building

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Sept 3 (Reuters) - A ‌Russian attack on the Ukrainian ​capital Kyiv on Thursday injured 10 people, triggered a fire ⁠and badly damaged a high-rise residential building, officials said.

The city's military administration initially said one ​person had died in the latest assault, but later ‌said the report had proved untrue.

It said 10 people, including a child, had been hurt. Mayor ⁠Vitali Klitschko said nine people were ⁠injured, including six medical personnel.

Klitschko, writing on Telegram, said the ninth floor of a high-rise residence had been damaged. Fifteen people had been ‌evacuated from the building in a district just ⁠outside the city centre.

Video published ‌on unofficial Telegram channels showed ​a large fireball rising skywards. Unofficial channels said the building had been struck by a ‌jet-powered drone.

Local media said new ​explosions later jolted ⁠the city. An air raid alert remained ‌in effect more than ⁠two hours after it was imposed.

Klitschko said six people had been wounded in earlier strikes on ​the capital, which ‌has been subject to more than a week ⁠of sustained attacks.

(Reporting by ​Ron Popeski; Editing by Mark Porter, Alex ​Richardson and Deepa Babington)

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