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Explosions were heard and smoke was seen above the city centre. The attacks occurred hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with US President Donald Trump and before his scheduled address at the UN General Assembly."},{"type":"heading","text":"Conflicting casualty figures"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Reports differ on the number of people killed and injured in the drone attack. PerthNow and Reuters digests stated that at least two people were killed and 22 were injured, according to city authorities. However, United24 reported that one person was killed and seven were injured, as confirmed by Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko. Veridica.ro also reported one person killed and seven injured."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the left-rated digests mention the specific number of injured people reported by PerthNow and Reuters. 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