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Missile strikes across Ukraine

Putin says strikes are revenge and threatens more attacks

Putin says missiles targeting Ukraine are revenge for the attack on the bridge linking Russia to Crimea at the weekend and threatens more strikes. The capital Kyiv and cities from Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia in the east to Lviv in the west have all been hit.

Sabina, who lives in Kyiv, tells us one explosion went off just metres away from her car. Also, photographer Serhii Korovayny describes the scene he found when he reached the site of a missile strike in the capital. Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko explains the emotional impact of the attacks and says Ukraine has the resolve to fight on.

And the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s Will Vernon brings us reaction from Russia where state television has welcomed the attacks, but many civilians are worried about the war escalating further.

Today’s episode of Ukrainecast is presented by Vitaly Shevchenko from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Monitoring, Lucy Hockings from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World News and Frank Gardner, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ security correspondent.

The series producer is Estelle Doyle. The producers are Ivana Davidovic, Arsenii Sokolov and Luke Radcliff. The planning producer is Louise Hidalgo. The technical producer, Emma Crowe. The assistant editor, Alison Gee. And the editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.

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