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Ukraine cities hit as Russia retaliates after Crimea bridge collapse
1 / 9Russia’s military launched a barrage of missiles at Ukrainian cities, including the capital Kyiv, early Monday, striking civilian targets in what could be Moscow’s retaliation for the bombing of a key bridge connecting Russia to its annexed territory of Crimea. (Reuters)
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2 / 9The first strikes on Kyiv in four months targeted the centre of the city and left dead and wounded. (Reuters)
3 / 9Blasts were reported in the city’s Shevchenko district, a large area in the centre of Kyiv that includes the historic old town as well as several government offices, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. (Twitter)
4 / 9Ukrainian media also reported explosions in a number of other locations, including the western city of Lviv that has been a refuge for many people fleeing the fighting in the east, as well as Kharkiv, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr and Kropyvnytskyi. (AP Photo)
5 / 9President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia timed its strikes on Ukraine on Monday to inflict the greatest possible losses among people and had also targeted the country's energy infrastructure. In pic: People receive medical treatment at the scene of Russian shelling, in Kyiv. (AP Photo)
6 / 9"They are trying to destroy us and wipe us off the face of the earth," President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on the Telegram messaging app. "The air raid sirens do not subside throughout Ukraine. There are missiles hitting. Unfortunately, there are dead and wounded." (AP Photo)
7 / 9At least eight people were killed and 24 were injured in just one of the Kyiv strikes, according to preliminary information, said Rostyslav Smirnov, an adviser to the Ukrainian ministry of internal affairs. (AP Photo)
8 / 9A huge crater gaped next to a children's playground in a central Kyiv park. The remains of an apparent missile were buried, smoking in the mud. (Twitter)
9 / 9A day earlier, Putin had called the attack on the Kerch Bridge to Crimea a terrorist act carried out by Ukrainian special services. In Pic: Cars burn after Russian military strike, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in central Kyiv. (Reuters)
