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Russian strikes on Ukraine kill at least 7, including woman at Kyiv's National Academy of Sciences

Russian strikes on Ukraine kill at least 7, including woman at Kyiv's National Academy of Sciences
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Kyiv, Ukraine — Russia's round-the-clock bombardment of targets in Ukraine killed at least seven people and wounded more than 50 others, officials said Monday. Moscow's forces pounded apartment buildings, offices, data centers and a building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in downtown Kyiv in a brazen daytime attack.CBS News' Aidan Stretch was forced to take shelter again due to more incoming Russian weapons not long after he arrived Monday at the scene of the strike on the science academy. The attacks followed a week of diplomatic efforts at the United Nations to get traction for negotiations on ending Moscow's full-scale invasion that began 4½ years ago. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov indicated Monday that the chances of making speedy headway on forging a peace settlement were bleak after recent Ukrainian attacks, including during recent parliamentary elections in Russia.

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