Ten explosions could possibly be heard within the centre of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, amid a nationwide air raid siren, Reuters reported. Air raid sirens rang out in each Ukrainian area, as native officers warned of the hazard of missile strikes and urged residents to take cowl.

In the meantime, Russian president Vladimir Putin stated his nation would by no means give in to the West’s makes an attempt to make use of Ukraine as a instrument to destroy Russia in a New 12 months’s video message broadcast on Russian state TV.

Vladimir Putin stated Russia was combating in Ukraine to guard its “motherland”, and to safe “true independence” for its folks, in a message filmed in entrance of Russian service personnel.