Firefighters work at a damaged residential building in Kyiv, where a military shell allegedly hit. Invading Russian forces pressed deep into Ukraine as deadly battles reached the outskirts of Kyiv, with explosions heard in the capital early Friday that the besieged government described as "horrific rocket strikes." (Photo by GENYA SAVILOV / AFP) (Photo by GENYA SAVILOV/AFP via Getty Images)
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Report: Ukrainian Capital Kyiv Hit by 'Cruise or Ballistic Missiles'
Friday, 25 February 2022 04:07 AM
Explosions were heard in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv early Friday as Russian forces pressed on with a full-scale invasion that resulted in the deaths of more than 100 Ukrainians in the first full day of fighting and could eventually rewrite the global post-Cold War security order.
There were repeated reports overnight that the city's air defense stopped an air raid by intercepting a number of missiles and downing an enemy aircraft.
“Horrific Russian rocket strikes on Kyiv,” tweeted Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, drawing comparisons with World War II. “Last time our capital experienced anything like this was in 1941 when it was attacked by Nazi Germany. Ukraine defeated that evil and will defeat this one.”
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