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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Artem Mazhulin in Kyiv and Pjotr Sauer

Russian missiles pound Kyiv as Putin vows to intensify attacks on Ukraine

Firefighters in Kyiv try to control burning buildings after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Firefighters in Kyiv try to control burning buildings after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photograph: Efrem Lukatsky/AP

Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, and its second-largest city, Kharkiv, have come under heavy Russian missile attacks, killing at least five people, a day after Vladimir Putin warned that Russia would “intensify” its assault on Ukraine.

Explosions were heard in all districts of the Ukrainian capital on Tuesday morning, shaking buildings in the city centre, in the third successive day of airstrikes on Ukraine

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