Moscow confirms attack on Kyiv during UN chief’s visit

Kremlin admits airstrike as Ukraine acknowledges heavy losses from Russian attack in east

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Moscow has confirmed it carried out an airstrike on Kyiv during a visit by the UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, as Ukraine acknowledged heavy losses from Russia's attack in the east but said the invader's casualties were colossal".

The defence ministry in Moscow said in its daily briefing on Friday that two high-precision, long-range air-based weapons" had destroyed the production buildings of the Artyom missile and space enterprise in the Ukrainian capital on Thursday night.