A homemade explosive device placed under a National Guard soldier's Land Rover exploded in Kyiv's Obolon district, injuring the soldier and a nearby woman.
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The explosion occurred on Jan. 4 in Kyiv's northern Obolon district around 10:30 a.m.
A 30-year-old soldier, who was opening the trunk at the time of the explosion, suffered mine-blast trauma and shrapnel wounds to his leg.
An explosion occurred in the courtyard of a building on Heroiv Dnipra Street in Kyiv while the boot of a car was being opened, injuring a soldier with shrapnel wounds
The explosion has been classified as a terrorist attack under Part 1 of Article 258 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine
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