US embassy terror attack: explosive device thrown onto grounds

A US embassy has been struck by an explosive device that was thrown onto the grounds in an apparent terror attack.

The blast hit the mission located in central Kiev, Ukraine shortly after midnight, after an attacker threw the device over the embassy’s fence.

Ukraine Police said on Thursday there were no casualties.

Local police are treating the incident as a terrorist act, AAP reported.

“Investigators found that an unknown person threw an explosive device on the territory of the diplomatic mission,” a police statement read.

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