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Three powerful explosions tear apart the dark and icy night of Kiev.
After a pause, a fourth shot rang out in the distance.
A dog barks.
It is 5:07 a.m. on Thursday morning, Vladimir Putin has just finished his televised speech in which he announces the launch of a military operation in Ukraine to defend the separatists in the east of the country.
And, already at the gates of Europe, the phoney war that has pitted the Ukrainian army against pro-Russian soldiers supported by Moscow in the Donbass since 2014 has just turned into an all-out war.
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Powerful explosions
The first light of day is dawning.
Silhouettes appear in the street, heads stretched towards the sky.
A new salvo falls in the distance.
Russian missiles target the command center…
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