ByNatalia Zinets

andPavel Polityuk

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• Summary

• Explosions rock Ukrainian capital; one wounded
• Kyiv, Moscow both claim gains around Sievierodonetsk
• Governor says Ukrainian troops control half of city
• Macron says it’s important not to humiliate Russia

KYIV, June 5 (Reuters) – Russia struck Ukraine’s capital Kyiv with missiles early on Sunday for the first time in more than a month, while Ukrainian officials said a counter-attack on the main battlefield in the east had retaken half of the city of Sievierodonetsk.

Dark smoke could be seen from many miles away after the attack on two outlying districts of Kyiv. Ukraine said the strike hit a rail car repair works; Moscow said it had destroyed tanks sent by Eastern European countries to Ukraine.

At least one person was hospitalised though…