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War in Ukraine: the battle for Kiev has begun

2022-02-25T19:53:26.410Z


REPORT - Discover the story of our special correspondent in the heart of the fighting, in the suburbs of the capital attacked on several fronts by Russian forces.


Special envoy to Kyiv

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The facade of the ten-story building is torn open, a few flames are consuming the ground floor.

At the foot of this residential building in Kiev, a crater is filled with rubble.

The origin of the explosion which injured three civilians, which occurred around 4:30 a.m. on Friday when a first salvo of missiles fell on the Ukrainian capital, is uncertain: a Russian missile or a drone shot down by Ukrainian forces.

“That night they started shelling civilian neighborhoods.

It reminds us of

(the Nazi offensive of)

1941”,

immediately denounced President Volodymyr Zelensky, as the Russian army intensified its military efforts to take Kiev.

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“I don't know the cause of the explosion,

says a resident of the Kharkivski district, still shocked in the early morning.

I was awakened by the detonation.

All the windows in my apartment were blown out.

I went down to the shelters.

I was afraid of dying”.

An elegant lady, aged…

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Source: lefigaro

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