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Kyiv authorities, cited by several outlets, said the attack injured 43 people."},{"type":"pullquote","text":"Zwei Menschen seien ums Leben gekommen, sechs weitere verletzt worden.","author":"Vitali Klitschko, mayor of Kyiv"},{"type":"stat_callout","value":"14","label":"Missiles reported in first three waves","subtext":"Counted by military‑linked Telegram channels, as cited by Saarbruecker Zeitung"},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the left‑rated digests mention casualty figures or the count of fourteen missiles. The centre‑rated ANSA report omits the injury numbers and missile count that Saarbruecker Zeitung provides. 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