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Russia Ukraine War LIVE Updates: Air alert declared in and around Kyiv, residents urged to get to bomb shelters
Russia Ukraine News Live: An air alert was declared Wednesday morning in and around Kyiv, with residents urged to get to bomb shelters as quickly as possible.
``Kyiv region - air alert. Threat of a missile attack. Everyone immediately to shelters,'' regional administration head Oleksiy Kuleba said on Telegram.
Nearly two weeks into the invasion, Russian troops have advanced deep along Ukraine's coastline. The city of Mariupol, which sits on the Azov Sea, has been surrounded by Russian soldiers for days and a humanitarian crisis is unfolding in the encircled city of 430,000
``Kyiv region - air alert. Threat of a missile attack. Everyone immediately to shelters,'' regional administration head Oleksiy Kuleba said on Telegram.
Nearly two weeks into the invasion, Russian troops have advanced deep along Ukraine's coastline. The city of Mariupol, which sits on the Azov Sea, has been surrounded by Russian soldiers for days and a humanitarian crisis is unfolding in the encircled city of 430,000
- Vereshchuk said earlier on Tuesday that authorities had once again not been able to evacuate civilians from Mariupol.
- "Given the deteriorating humanitarian situation ... and in order to ensure the safety of civilians and foreign citizens, Russia will observe a regime of silence from 10 am Moscow time on March 9 and is ready to provide humanitarian corridors," Tass cited Mizintsev as saying.
- Mizintsev earlier said Ukrainian authorities had endorsed only one civilian evacuation route from areas affected by fighting out of 10 that were proposed, including five towards territory controlled by Kyiv.
- Russian forces will stop firing from 10 am Moscow time (0700 GMT) on Wednesday and are ready to provide humanitarian corridors so people can leave Kyiv and four other cities
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