A fresh aerial strike targeted Kyiv in the early hours of Monday, after a New Year's weekend marked by dozens of Russian assaults that killed at least four people. The Ukrainian capital and other cities came under fire from missiles and Iranian-made drones on Saturday, killing three people, and a new attack Sunday killed one in the southern region of Zaporizhzhia. Kyiv was once again rocked by an air raid on Monday morning, with the city's military administration ordering residents just after 1am (2300 GMT) to retreat to "stay in shelters". "The air defence (system) is working... Fragments of balconies and windows in a high-rise building were damaged in Desnyanskyi district," Serhiy Popko, head of the city's administration, said on the Telegram messaging app. Oleksii Kuleba, head of the Kyiv region military administration, said there were "waves" of attacks by Iranian-made Shahed drones. "They are targeting critical infrastructure facilities," he said. Nearly three hours later, the capital and its surrounding region lifted the air alert. The city's military administration said 20 air targets had been shot down. Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported an explosion in Kyiv's...
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