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Russia-Ukraine conflict: Loud explosions heard in central Kyiv

Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Smoke rises from the Chuhuiv Airbase outside of Kharkiv, Ukraine, on February 24, 2022, after it was attacked by Russian forces. Two loud blasts were heard in the centre of Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Friday morning.

Photo credit: Courtesy | AFP

By  AFP

Two loud blasts were heard in central Kyiv early Friday, an AFP journalist said, as Russian troops push closer to the Ukrainian capital in an invasion of its Western-backed neighbour.

Ukraine's army said that Russia fired on civilian areas of Kyiv but that Ukraine's air defence systems repelled "two deadly gifts", according to a post on its verified Facebook page.

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