Pakistan, July 30 -- Russian air strikes killed at least 13 people across Ukraine on Thursday, including one person in Kyiv, officials said. The attacks stretched from central regions to the western city of Lviv. Poland scrambled fighter jets to protect its airspace during the assault.

Air raid alerts sounded across most Ukrainian regions as explosions were reported in Kyiv. Emergency services said one person died and two were injured in the capital. Several non-residential sites also caught fire following the strikes.

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Meanwhile, six people, including two children, were killed in Dnipropetrovsk and Poltava regions. In Kryvyi Rih, officials said a Russian Iskander-M missile struck a...