Explosions heard in Ukraine’s capital Kiev, other cities

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KIEV: Explosions rang out before dawn Thursday in Ukraine’s capital Kiev and several cities near the frontline and along the country’s coasts after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation.

AFP correspondents also heard blasts in the Black Sea port city of Odesa, close to the frontline of a Russian-backed rebel enclave and just across the sea from Russian-occupied Crimea.

Explosions also rang out in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, which lies 35km south of the Russian border and outside the eastern zone where Kiev has been battling Moscow-backed insurgents since 2014.

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