Russia steps up missile strikes on Ukraine as G7 leaders gather


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  • Sunday, 26 Jun 2022

FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian service members cross a river outside the city of Sievierodonetsk, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, Ukraine June 19, 2022. REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak

KYIV/POKROVSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Russian missiles struck an apartment block and close to a kindergarten in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Sunday, in strikes U.S. President Joe Biden condemned as "barbarism" as world leaders gathered in Europe to discuss further sanctions against Moscow.

Up to four explosions shook central Kyiv in the early hours, in the first such attack on the city in weeks.

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