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Russian forces targeted Kyiv Oblast with Iranian-made drones around 2:20 a.m. local time on Aug. 2, Serhii Popko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration reported on Telegram.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko later announced that debris from a drone reportedly fell in the Solomyan district, damaging a non-residential building, and Kyiv's Sviatoshynskyi district. Emergency services were dispatched to the scene. An explosion was also reported in the Holosiivskyi district.

No casulaties have been reported.

An air raid alert was declared in a number of central and northern regions, as well as in Odesa.

Ukraine war latest: More explosions reported in occupied Crimea
Key developments on Aug. 1: * Explosion reported near Russian naval base in occupied Crimea * Russian attack on Kherson hospital kills 1, injures 5 * UN condemns strikes on Moscow * UK Defense Ministry: Russian units ‘struggling with battle fatigue,’ ammo shortages A drone attack was reported…

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