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Russian missile strike targets cities across Ukraine

Ukrainian authorities reported blasts in the country's northeastern, southern, and western regions on Thursday morning during a fresh wave of Russian missile strikes.

Explosions were heard in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, its mayor, Ihor Terekhov, said on the messaging app Telegram, and in the Zaporizhzhia region, according to governor Ivan Fedorov, also on the app.

The governor of the western Lviv region, Maksim Kozytskyi, said on Telegram that air defenses were working in the area.