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Nov 17 12 tweets 7 min read
#BREAKING Russia strikes hit several cities across Ukraine: officials
#UPDATE Fresh Russian strikes have hit cities across Ukraine, officials say, the latest in a series of attacks on the country's energy infrastructure.

"Two cruise missiles were shot down over Kyiv. Information about any casualties and damage is being clarified," officials say
#BREAKING Russia 'bears full responsibility' for Poland blast: Kyiv
#UPDATE Ukraine said Thursday that Russia was ultimately responsible for a deadly missile blast in Poland this week, after Washington said it was likely fired by Ukrainian air defence.
#UPDATE President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that neither the United States nor Russia planned to use nuclear weapons, following a meeting of their respective spy chiefs in Turkey.
An agreement allowing Ukraine to export grain through the Black Sea and aimed at relieving global food insecurity has been extended for 120 days, officials said on Thursday.
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#VIDEO Exclusive aerial footage of the grain warehouse in Przewodow, Poland where a missile fell on Tuesday, killing two people
#UPDATE Fresh Russian strikes have hit cities across Ukraine, the latest in a wave of attacks that have crippled the country's energy infrastructure as winter sets in and temperatures drop
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#BREAKING Zelensky says over 10 mln Ukrainians without electricity
#UPDATE
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that millions of Ukrainians had no electricity, as fresh Russian strikes hit cities across Ukraine and crippled the country's energy infrastructure
#UPDATE
Fresh Russian strikes hit cities across Ukraine on Thursday, the latest in a wave of attacks that have crippled the country's energy infrastructure as winter sets in and temperatures drop
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#UPDATE
Ukrainian flags on Independence Square in Kyiv symbolizing fallen Ukrainian soldiers are covered with snow after the first snow falls of the season

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