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      <text>A Russian drone attack on Kyiv injures at least two civilians, and also damages infrastructure. </text>
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      <text>A Russian drone attack on Kyiv kills a civilian and injures two others, and also damages infrastructure. </text>
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      <text>A Russian drone attack on Kyiv kills a civilian and injures two others, as well as damaging infrastructure. </text>
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      <text>A Russian drone attack on Kyiv kills one civilian and injures two others, as well as damages infrastructure. </text>
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    <text>A Russian drone attack on Kyiv injures at least two civilians and damages infrastructure. </text>
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    <text>Russian forces strike Kyiv using Iskander ballistic and cruise missiles, with debris injuring one civilian and damaging infrastructure. Ukraine claims to have shot down all of the missiles. </text>
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    <text>More than a dozen explosions are reported in Kyiv as Russia launches a missile barrage at the capital and other Ukrainian cities. Ukrainian forces say that they have shot down six Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic missiles. </text>
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    <text>At least six people, all civilians, are killed in the latest missile strikes, including three in an apartment block in Vyshhorod, Kyiv Oblast, where 15 other people were injured. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko says that 21 of the 31 missiles targeting Kyiv were intercepted before they reached their targets. </text>
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    <text>Thousands of Russian troops enter Belarus by the &quot;trainload&quot; as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns G7 nations that Russia is planning on launching another offensive against Kyiv with direct Belarusian involvement. The troop movements come a day after Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko accused Ukraine of planning to launch an attack on the country. </text>
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      <text>A court in Kyiv reduces the sentence of Vadim Shishimarin, the first Russian soldier tried for war crimes from life in prison to 15 years detention. Shishimarin's defense attorney says that it is &quot;highly likely&quot; that he will be returned to Russia in a prisoner exchange. </text>
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      <text>A court in Kyiv reduces the sentence of the first Russian soldier tried for war crimes from life in prison to 15 years in prison. Shishimarin's defense attorney says that it is &quot;highly likely&quot; that he will be returned to Russia in a prisoner exchange. </text>
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      <text>A court in Kyiv reduces the sentence of the first Russian soldier to be tried for war crimes in the war from life in prison to 15 years in prison. Shishimarin's defense attorney says that it is &quot;highly likely&quot; that he will be returned to Russia in a prisoner exchange. </text>
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    <text>A court in Kyiv reduces the sentence of Vadim Shishimarin, the first Russian soldier tried for war crimes, from life in prison to 15 years detention. Shishimarin's defense attorney says that it is &quot;highly likely&quot; that he will be returned to Russia in a prisoner exchange. </text>
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      <text>The 27-feet Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic-era bronze statue under the People's Friendship Arch in Kyiv is removed by authorities after Mayor Vitali Klitschko ordered its removal, saying &quot;Russia destroyed the normal life of millions of Ukrainians and destroyed the peace in Europe&quot;. </text>
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    <text>The 27-foot Soviet-era bronze statue under the People's Friendship Arch in Kyiv, representing Russian–Ukrainian friendship, is removed by order of Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko. </text>
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    <text>The Russian defence ministry says it will begin to target Ukrainian &quot;decision-makers&quot;, including President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and command centres in the capital Kyiv if Ukrainian forces continue to attack Russian territory. </text>
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      <text>The Ukrainian Air Force says it has destroyed two Russian warplanes in a dogfight over Kyiv. A Ukrainian MiG-29 is also shot down during the air battle. </text>
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      <text>The Ukrainian Air Force says it has destroyed two Russian planes. </text>
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    <text>The Ukrainian Air Force says that it has destroyed two Russian warplanes in a dogfight over Kyiv. A Ukrainian MiG-29 is also shot down during the air battle. </text>
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      <text>The United States orders the evacuation of its embassy staff in Ukraine. </text>
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    <text>The United States orders the evacuation of its embassy staff in Kyiv. </text>
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  <text>The Soviet state emblem emblazoned on the &quot;Motherland Monument&quot; statue in Kyiv is removed and will be replaced with the &quot;tryzub&quot;. </text>
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