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Five dead as Putin's troops fire missiles on Ukraine's biggest dam in Dnipro

Source: AP

At least five people have died after Vladimir Putin’s military unleashed a huge overnight attack on Ukraine.

Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that nearly 90 missiles and 60 drones were used to blitz electrical power facilities in much of Ukraine, including the country's largest hydroelectric plant.

Some 1.2 million people in

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