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People walk past burnt cars on Monday after the shelling of a residential area in Kiev, Ukraine. EPA
People walk past burnt cars on Monday after the shelling of a residential area in Kiev, Ukraine. EPA
Russia seeking to encircle Ukraine’s capital in ‘coming days’: Pentagon
US defence official says Moscow is also attempting to seize Mariupol and Kharkiv in the east