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Russia launched a widespread overnight air attack on Ukraine, targeting the capital and cities from east to west a day after Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed Kyiv’s forces had made progress in their counteroffensive while Russian forces had sustained “only losses”. Follow our live blog for the latest developments in the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).
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6:35am: Russia launches overnight air attack on Ukrainian cities
Russia launched a widespread overnight air attack on Ukraine targeting the capital and cities from east to west as most of the country spent the night with air raid sirens blasting for several hours.
The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said that according to preliminary information, Ukraine’s air defence systems shot down 28 out of 30 Iranian-made Shahed drones that Russia launched.
About 20 enemy targets were identified and destroyed by the forces and our air defence in the airspace around Kyiv, Serhiy Popko, head of the Kyiv military administration, said on the Telegram messaging app.
“Another massive air attack on the capital,” Popko said.
The military administration of Lviv, a city of about 700,000 people and 70 kms (43 miles) from the border with the NATO country of Poland, said Russia hit a “critical infrastructure” in the city, sparking fire.
According to preliminary reports, there were no casualties.
4:15am: Biden says threat of Putin using tactical nuclear weapons is ‘real’
President Joe Biden said on Monday the threat of Russian President Vladimir Putin using tactical nuclear weapons is “real”, days after denouncing Russia’s deployment of such weapons in Belarus.
On Saturday, Biden called Putin’s announcement that Russia had deployed its first tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus “absolutely irresponsible”.
“When I was out here about two years ago saying…
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