Fighting Appears to Have Started in Kyiv City Center... "Gunfire and Explosions" (Update)

On the 24th (local time), when Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, flames and smoke rose from the Border Guard duty facility in the Kyiv area, the capital of Ukraine, which was destroyed by shelling.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Hyeyoung] AFP reported that clashes between Russian and Ukrainian forces appeared to have started on the morning of the 25th (local time) in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.

AFP stated that its reporter heard rifle shots in the Obolonsky district in northern Kyiv, and citizens were fleeing to take cover. It added that louder explosions were likely heard as far as the city center.

Earlier, Anton Gerashchenko, an advisor to the Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs, warned that Russian missile attacks resumed at dawn and that Russian tanks would attack Kyiv in the afternoon.

He predicted that Russia would rapidly advance into Kyiv and said, according to Reuters, "This will be the toughest day of this war."

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