New Delhi: A number of explosions were heard in the capital city of Ukraine as the Russian special military operation entered the second day, local media reported on Friday.
Ukraine’s Deputy Interior Minister Yevhen Yenin said explosions over Kiev were caused by Ukrainian “anti-missile system shooting” a missile out of the sky, CNN reported, noting that the inputs were not independently verified. Separately, Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Kiev was under attack from “horrific Russian rocket strikes.”
According to US media reports, Russian mechanized forces that had entered Ukraine through Belarus were some 32 kilometers from Kiev
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# A State Control room opened under a senior IAS officer & manned by WBCS officers for assisting & helping students/people from West Bengal stranded in Ukraine. It will function from 9 am to 9 pm in two shifts. Control room no: 22143526, 1070: WB Govt
Ukrainian forces downed an enemy aircraft over Kyiv in the early hours on Friday, which then crashed into a residential building and set it on fire: Reuters
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# Explosions heard in central Kiev
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# Explosions heard in Kyiv as Russia presses Ukraine assault.(AP)
# Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ordered a full military mobilisation to counter the Russian invasion, reports AP
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# S sanctions Belarusian banks, defence industry, security officials over support for Russian invasion of Ukraine, reports AP
# Biden: ‘Putin chose this war’ in Ukraine, and he and Russia ‘will bear the consequences’ of new sanctions, reports AP
On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized Ukraine’s breakaway regions – Donetsk and Luhansk – as independent entities. Later, Putin ordered special military operations “to protect” the people in the Donbas region.
Several countries including the UK, the US, Canada, and the European Union have condemned Russia’s military operations and imposed sanctions on Moscow.
