US shuts Ukrainian embassy due to ‘potential significant air attack’
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US shuts Ukrainian embassy due to ‘potential significant air attack’

ByNews Polite

The United States shut its embassy in Kyiv on Wednesday due to “specific information of a potential significant air attack” and told its citizens in Ukraine to be ready to swiftly seek shelter. The Italian and Greek embassies said they had also closed their doors after the unusual U.S. warning,…

Russian missile attack rocks Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine
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Russian missile attack rocks Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine

ByNews Polite

Loud explosions rocked Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, early on Monday as Russia launched a barrage of missiles, sparking fires and damaging homes and infrastructure, officials said. Residents across the city were awoken by a quick succession of bangs and the sound of air defense missiles blasting off skyward to intercept targets….

Explosions rock Kyiv a week after Russian strikes
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Explosions rock Kyiv a week after Russian strikes

ByNews Polite

Several loud explosions rocked the center of the Ukrainian capital Monday, a week after Russia orchestrated a massive, coordinated air strike across the country. Kyiv city mayor Vitali Klichko said the central Shevchenko district of the capital had been hit, and urged residents to take shelter. The early morning explosions sparked a…

Ukraine marks 9,000 dead soldiers in six months of war
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Ukraine marks 9,000 dead soldiers in six months of war

ByNews Polite

Kyiv reported some 9,000 troops killed in action since February, a grim milestone as the Russian invasion reaches its six-month anniversary. Kyiv’s military chief, Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, referenced the figure at a veterans event on Monday, saying Ukraine’s children must be cared for because “their father went to the front…