‘The enemy is tearing our city apart’: terror in Kyiv as Russia ramps up attacks

Reported by The Guardian World · 3 hours ago · Pjotr Sauer in Kyiv

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Mayor Vitali Klitschko says Kyivans can no longer pretend it is ‘peacetime’ amid strikes on school, hospital and bridgeEurope live – latest updatesValeriya Tkachenko was dropping her son off at school in central Kyiv when the air raid alert sounded. Staff hurried the children and parents into the…

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