Russia strikes Kyiv, multiple Ukrainian cities; many dead

KYIV, Ukraine - Russia unleashed a lethal barrage of strikes against multiple Ukrainian cities Monday, smashing civilian targets including downtown Kyiv where at least eight people were killed.

Russian President Vladimir Putin later said the strikes on Ukraine came in response to Kyiv's "terrorist" action, including an attack on a bridge to Crimea.

The intense, hours-long attack marked a sudden military escalation by Moscow. It came a day after Putin called the explosion Saturday on the huge bridge connecting Russia to its annexed territory of Crimea a "terrorist act" masterminded by Ukrainian special services.

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