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The Guardian - UK
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Lorenzo Tondo in Lviv

Kyiv citizens warned not to return due to revenge airstrikes

Man cycles past statue, which is entirely covered by high pile of sandbags. Church tower with golden dome and blue and white plaster is seen to the right
A statue in the centre of Kyiv is protected by sandbags last week. Photograph: Nicola Marfisi/AGF/Rex

While life seemed to be slowly returning to the streets of Kyiv, a fresh series of Russian airstrikes came as a reminder this weekend that the war in the Ukrainian capital is far from over.

Following two weeks of relative calm, on Friday the Russian forces destroyed a plant which allegedly produced one of the missiles used to sink the Moskva warship in the Black Sea. The attack was the most significant revenge strike by the Kremlin after the sinking of Russia’s flagship vessel.

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