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A BBC reporter looked fraught with panic as a Russian missile flew over the Ukrainian city of Kyiv where he was broadcasting in the early hours of Monday, footage has shown. Hugo Bachega can be seen attempting to deliver his report on the latest news in Ukraine as a loud noise erupts behind him that sounds like a plane flying nearby. Missiles have not been fired for a number of months on the Ukrainian capital, so Mr Bachega turns around to see exactly what it is that is making that noise. He then hears a loud explosion and scrambles for cover as he realises Russia has resumed its bombing of Kyiv.
The first attack is believed to have happened at around 6.30am GMT, with reports of further bombs still hitting the city at this time of writing.
At around 7am GMT, a spokesperson for the State Emergency Services told the Suspilne public broadcaster that several explosions had rocked the Ukrainian capital, causing deaths and injuries. “The details are being confirmed,” the spokesperson said.
Explosions have also been reported in Lviv, Ternopil and Zhytomyr in Ukraine’s west, and in Dnipro in central Ukraine.
Following the bombing of a 12-mile bridge from Russia to Crimea on Saturday morning, an event that Vladimir Putin called an “act of terrorism” on Sunday night, tensions between Ukraine and its invaders seems to have advanced into long-range warfare.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko Klitschko said on Telegram that the blasts had hit the city centre.
He said: “Several explosions in the Shevchenkovskiy district – in the centre of the capital. Details later.”
At least three explosions could be heard just after 8am local time, as the city was nearing its busiest period in the morning.
Residents of the capital had grown used to ignoring the air sirens, which alert the public to the presence of bombs in the sky but not where the missiles are heading, after months of relative peace.
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