At least four people dead following shelling in Kyiv, city authorities say

Shelling hit residential houses and a shopping district in Kyiv‘s Podil district late on Sunday, killing at least four people, city authorities said.

He said rescue teams were putting out a large fire at the shopping center, while other details are still to be confirmed. The Kyiv department of the state emergency service said four people had been killed.

Reuters was not immediately able to verify the reports on the ground.

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