At least 14 dead as Russia bombards Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities
Vladimir Putin said the strikes were retaliation for Kyiv’s ‘terrorist’ actions including an attack on a key bridge between Russia and Crimea.
Vladimir Putin said the strikes were retaliation for Kyiv’s ‘terrorist’ actions including an attack on a key bridge between Russia and Crimea.
The Russian president claims the attack was carried out by Ukrainian special services.
The blasts in the city blew out windows in adjacent buildings and left at least one high-rise apartment building partially collapsed.
The National Anti-Terrorism Committee said the bomb set alight seven railway carriages carrying fuel.
It was not immediately clear what caused the Kharkiv blasts or what was hit.
Officials said the bodies included those of 225 women, 257 men and 19 children, while 29 sets of remains have not been identified.
Zaporizhzhia has been hit again by missiles and – for the first time – by explosive-packed drones.
The strikes came hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine’s military had retaken three more villages in a region annexed by Russia.
The parliament in Moscow earlier ratified treaties making Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions part of Russia.
Lyman is 100 miles south-east of Kharkiv.
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Facebook said it was the largest and most complex Russian propaganda effort it has found since the invasion of Ukraine began.
The ride-hailing app said it is ‘responding to a cybersecurity incident’.
Mr Zelensky was returning to Kyiv from the Kharkiv region, where he visited troops in the recaptured city of Izium.
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