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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Tess McClure, Peter Beaumont and Luke Harding in Lviv

Kyiv ‘ready to fight’ as Russian forces close in on Ukraine capital

A woman passes a church destroyed by Russian bombing in Malyn, north-west of the Ukraine capital Kyiv on Saturday.
A woman passes a church destroyed by Russian bombing in Malyn, north-west of the Ukraine capital Kyiv on Saturday. Photograph: Miguel A Lopes/EPA

Ukrainian officials have said Kyiv is “ready to fight” as Russian forces renewed their bombardment on the capital and observers warned of “an unimaginable tragedy” unfolding after more than two weeks of war.

Air raid sirens and shelling rang out over Kyiv and other major Ukrainian cities on Saturday morning amid warnings from western defence officials that the Russians were beginning to gain ground around the capital.

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