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Mar 9 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING: An air alert due to a potential missile threat has been declared around Ukraine's capital of Kyiv, with residents urged to quickly get to bomb shelters. apne.ws/ijgKHGe
The all-clear was given after Kyiv residents earlier awoke to an air raid alert urging them to get to bomb shelters quickly over fears of incoming Russian missiles. The strategic port city of Mariupol remained encircled as a humanitarian crisis grew. apne.ws/nL6t8Zi
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says efforts are underway to evacuate some 18,000 people from the capital Kyiv and embattled towns near it. apne.ws/TmMtUO2
Ukrainian authorities say the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear plant, site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, has been knocked off the power grid. Emergency generators are now supplying backup power. apne.ws/zzqhkV8
THREAD: After authorities in Ukraine said power was knocked out to the Chernobyl nuclear site, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said it saw “no critical impact on safety.” apne.ws/f266McB

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For years, a Michigan community rallied around MacKale McGuire, a teen who lost a leg four years ago after a battle with bone cancer.

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