UPDATE - At least 3 killed, 14 injured by Russian missile strike in Ukraine's capital Kyiv

UPDATE - At least 3 killed, 14 injured by Russian missile strike in Ukraine's capital Kyiv

2 children among those killed, says head of Kyiv City Military Administration

UPDATES NUMBER OF INJURED PERSONS; REVISES HEADLINE, LEDE

By Burc Eruygur

ISTANBUL (AA) - At least three people were killed and 14 others injured in overnight Russian missile strikes on Ukraine's capital Kyiv, with children among the dead, according to local officials.

"The first day of summer. Children's Day ... This attack is connected with the use by the aggressor of operational-tactical ground-based missile systems," Serhiy Popko, the head of Kyiv City Military Administration, said on Telegram.

Popko said all of the incoming missiles were destroyed by Ukrainian air defense systems before they hit their targets, but that falling debris caused the casualties and damage.

"In the Desnianskyi district of the capital, debris fell on a polyclinic and an adjacent multi-story building. As a result, previously, 3 people died, and up to 10 others were injured. The worst thing is that two children were among the dead," Popko said.

Popko said debris also fell on the Dniproskyi district, damaging a residential building, and added in a later statement that this injured two people.

He later said that the number of those injured by the most recent missile strikes rose to 14.

In a separate announcement, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko canceled all events in the capital marking Children's Day, celebrated every year on June 1 in Ukraine and other countries.

The Russia-Ukraine war, now in its 15th month, has killed over 8,800 civilians and wounded more than 15,100, according to the latest UN figures.

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