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Kyiv has been rocked by explosions as Russia intensifies its attacks

Heavy explosions shook Kyiv early Friday as Russia threatened to escalate attacks on Ukrainian command centers in response to alleged strikes on Russian territory as the two prepared for a new phase of ground warfare, this time in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine. .

Russia’s Defense Ministry says it has hit a factory near Kyiv that produces long- and medium-range missiles as well as anti-ship missiles. The day before, Ukraine said it had hit Moscow, the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, with cruise missiles.