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Russian strikes battered Kyiv overnight in a second deadly attack in 24 hours, killing at least three and injuring dozens, including six children, city officials said. Fires and shattered windows hit high‑rise buildings in Desnianskyi and Obolonskyi as alerts lasted about 90 minutes; the full extent of damage remained unclear. President Volodymyr Zelensky renewed appeals for Patriot air defenses after an earlier strike killed at least four. Russia said it downed a drone bound for Moscow, and the Kremlin said Vladimir Putin visited a command post. President Trump’s peace push stalled, and a planned Budapest summit was scrapped.

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