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Several blasts heard in central Kyiv, mayor urges residents to take shelter

Several blasts rang out in central Kyiv on Monday, AFP journalists reported, as air raid sirens sounded in the Ukrainian capital and officials urged residents to take shelter. Issued on: 25/03/2024 – 10:39 1 min The explosions sounded at around 10:30am (0830 GMT) after almost a dozen people were wounded in a Russian drone strike […]

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Several injured as Russia targets Kyiv in missile attack, mayor says

Russia launched a missile attack on Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, early on Thursday, injuring at least 10 people and damaging residential buildings and industrial facilities, city officials said, although air defences downed all the missiles. Issued on: 21/03/2024 – 07:19Modified: 21/03/2024 – 07:20 1 min The first large attack in recent weeks targeted the city […]

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‘Alexei Navalny hasn’t died, he was killed,’ Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko tells FRANCE 24

Issued on: 16/02/2024 – 21:12Modified: 16/02/2024 – 21:13 Reacting to news of Alexei Navalny’s death in an interview with FRANCE 24 on Friday, Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko blamed the Kremlin for the Russian opposition leader’s “killing”. He said: “In Russia, if you tell your opinion, and if it is different from Vladimir Putin’s, you will be put […]

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At Least One Person Dead In Overnight Strike On Ukraine’s Kyiv: Mayor

An overnight air strike on Kyiv killed at least one person and wounded others, the city’s mayor said on Thursday, the third night of attacks on the Ukrainian capital. “In Podilsky district, during the firefighting in an apartment building, a body of one dead person was discovered,” Vitali Klitschko posted on Telegram. bur-rma/lb … An […]

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Kyiv Mayor tells residents to prepare for a winter with no heat, water or power

The mayor of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv is warning residents that they must prepare for the worst this winter if Russia keeps striking the country’s energy infrastructure – and that means having no electricity, water or heat in the freezing cold cannot be ruled out. “We are doing everything to avoid this,” Mayor Vitali Klitschko told […]

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Ukraine: Rockets strike mayor’s office in separatist Donetsk

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The mayor’s office in a key eastern Ukrainian city controlled by pro-Kremlin separatists was struck by rockets Sunday morning, Russian state agencies reported. There were no immediate reports of casualties. According to RIA Novosti, the municipal building in Donetsk was seriously damaged by the attack, which local separatist authorities blamed on […]

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Ukraine will never forget Poland’s help, says Kyiv mayor – The First News

Klitschko thanked Warsaw authorities for the distinction in a recorded speech played during a ceremonial session of Warsaw Council. His brother Vladimir received the award in Warsaw on his behalf. Radek Pietruszka/PAP Ukraine will never forget the help from Poland in the current situation of Russian aggression, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has said while accepting […]

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Russia Strikes Hit Kyiv Residential Building – Mayor

Russian missile strikes hit a residential complex in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early Sunday, wounding two people and burying others under rubble, the city’s mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Four explosions were heard at around 6:30 am (0330 GMT), half an hour after air raid sirens sounded in the capital, which has not come under Russian […]

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Live updates | Separatists to nationalize ships in Mariupol

The leader of Russia-backed separatists who control part of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region says his administration will nationalize some of the ships in the port of Mariupol. Denis Pushilin was quoted by Russian state news agency RIA Novosti on Tuesday as saying that “some of the vessels will come under the jurisdiction of the Donetsk […]

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