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Smoke billows over a building in Kyiv after an attack carried out using "kamikaze drones", according to a statement by the Ukrainian president's chief of staff Andriy Yermak on social media. AFP journalists heard several explosions Monday morning in Kyiv, exactly a week after Russian missile strikes on the Ukrainian capital. Three blasts occurred between 6:35 am and 6:58 am (0335 GMT and 0358 GMT). Air raid sirens sounded shortly before the first explosion. IMAGES
Images show air defence intercepting nighttime drone attacks and smoke rising above the city in Lviv, Ukraine, the day after the attacks. According to Lviv mayor Andriy Sadovyi three warehouses were destroyed and one person was killed. Ukraine says its air defence systems had downed 27 Shahed drones launched overnight in Russia's latest aerial barrage. "A total of 30 attack UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) were launched... As a result of combat work, 27 Shaheds were shot down by air defence units," the Ukrainian air force said on social media. IMAGES
Smoke rises from the western Ukrainian city of Lviv after fresh Russian missile strikes. Writing on social media, the city's mayor, Andriy Sadovyi, has said "ninety percent of the city is without electricity" and warned of additional cuts in water supply. IMAGES
Images of a damaged office block of the Moscow International Business Center (Moskva City) following a Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow in the early hours of Sunday. "There are no victims or injured," Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin posted on Telegram. IMAGES
In Profsoyuznaya street in the southwest of Moscow, a residential building's window is shattered after a swarm of drones struck the Russian capital. The Russian Defence Ministry blames Kyiv for the unprecedented attacks which left two people lightly injured and what it said was "minor" damage to buildings. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.
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