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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Arpan Rai and Maanya Sachdeva

Ukraine-Russia war – live: Lukashenko and Putin taunt Poland with Wagner troops at border

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Russian missiles hit apartment block and Ukrainian security service building in Dnipro

Debris from Russian drones fell in three districts of Kyiv overnight as anti-aircraft units worked to shoot them down, mayor Vitali Klitschko and other military officials said as air raid sirens returned in the capital and most parts of Ukraine.

The residual drone debris fell in central Solomianskyi district, with a non-residential building left damaged in the process. Emergency services were on site, Mr Klitschko said. The debris also fell in the Svyatoshyn district further west and a tree had caught fire, he said.

Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s military administration, said debris also came down on a playground in Holosiivskyi district near the city centre, and set fire to a non-residential building.

Russian drones also attacked port and grain storage facilities in Ukraine’s coastal Odesa region early today, setting some of them on fire, the regional governor said.

Meanwhile, Poland said it was rushing troops to its eastern border with Belarus after accusing Minsk of violating its airspace with military helicopters. It comes after president Alexander Lukashenko joked about the presence of Wagner mercenaries in Belarus keen to “go on a trip to Warsaw and Rzeszow”.

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