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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Charlotte Higgins and Artem Mazhulin in Kyiv

Sandbag sculpture: how Kyiv is shielding statues from Russian bombs

The boarded-up monument to Taras Shevchenko in Kyiv
The boarded-up monument to Taras Shevchenko in Kyiv. Photograph: Ed Ram/The Guardian

For two Mondays in a row Russia has launched missiles at Kyiv’s city centre, in the most intense strikes on the capital since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The targets of these missiles are unclear – if they were meant to strike crucial infrastructure, the only real clarity is that they have exploded in central, residential districts, falling close to parks, offices and cultural buildings.

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