Series of explosions are heard in the Ukrainian capital
Ukrainian soldiers at a position within a few kilometres of the Belarusian border in northern Ukraine. Photograph: Lynsey Addario/The New York TimesA Russian missile attack hit infrastructure facilities in Kyiv on Saturday morning and explosions rang out in the Dniprovskiy district of the Ukrainian capital, a senior presidential official and the city’s mayor said.
Reuters jounalists heard a series of explosions in Kyiv before an air raid siren sounded in Kyiv. Officials told residents to take shelter. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a late-night video address on Friday that Ukrainian forces are continuing to fight Russian troops in Soledar and other cities in eastern Ukraine. – Reuters
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