Kyiv, Ukraine, March 16, 2026 (AFP) - Blasts in Kyiv amid rare daytime drone attack: AFP

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Explosions rang out over the Ukrainian capital on Monday and AFP journalists witnessed air defence batteries fending off a barrage of Russian projectiles during a rare daytime attack on Kyiv. "Drone debris has fallen in the very centre of the capital city. There are no fires or casualties. The enemy attack on Kyiv continues," mayor Vitaliy Klitschko wrote on social media, as more explosions echoed over the city. bur-jbr/ach ...

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