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our correspondent — hugo bachega — who's currently sheltering in an underground bunker — hugo bachega — said that in the past hour, the air—raid alert in the capital went off, at around 02:20am, local time. the bbc team heard at least one loud explosion, and the city's air defence has been activated. earlier today, ukraine says at least 21 were killed, in an attack on kherson. missile strikes hit a market, a railway station, a petrol station and residential builings. station and residential buildings. it comes as ukraine's president zelensky denied that his country carried ...

Fighters?— able to push back russian fiuhters? ~ ~ ., ., , fighters? well, the ukrainians have shown — fighters? well, the ukrainians have shown that _ fighters? well, the ukrainians have shown that they - fighters? well, the ukrainians have shown that they are - have shown that they are capable of doing anything they put their minds to, you know? take a look at kyiv, take a look at what they have done in kherson, and what they are continuing to do in mahmoud. the conditions they have asked for, the rate troops, they are capable of not only pushing the russians back across that 400 miles o...

Of -- has now become the focus of russian forces. >> reporter: it's actually in the eastern ukraine donetsk region. i was here and that was where the fighting was, the illegal annexation of i'crimea started. now we're being told the town is the target number one by russia. this is the word from ukrainian officials by the eastern group of armed forces, their spokesperson saying ukrainian troops are there, they're holding out but under heavy fire at the moment. russian units had been appearing to make some progress in recent days as they attempt to move further west, attempt to demonstrate at le...

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