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Prokofiev has no proof it's a Ukrainian city (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kiev

'a ukrainian city' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'prokofiev has no proof' is the wordplay.
'has no' is a deletion indicator.
'prokofiev' with 'proof' removed is 'KIEV'.

'it's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for kiev that I've seen before include "Ukraine's capital - way of cooking chicken" , "FC Dynamo/chicken ___" , "Ukrainian capital" , "Capital city of the Ukraine" , "Ukrainian city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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