LATEST: Air raid sirens sounded off across almost all of Ukraine overnight and into early Wednesday, hours after Russia said it would scale back its military operations around Kyiv and Chernihiv.
Ukrainians are attempting to rescue exotic animals from an abandoned zoo near the capital.
"You can see from the images that the animals were in a very bad way," Mukhanov told ABC News."The town nearby was liberated from the Russians two days ago, so the owner is now returning to the zoo and they hope to evacuate the animals in the next couple of days." Belgorod Oblast Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov said in a statement that blasts occurred in the village of Krasny Oktyabr, about 19 miles southwest of Belgorod. He did not cite a cause of the incident, saying he was awaiting a report from the Russian Ministry of Defense.
"This is an example of typical for Russians neglect of safety precautions and mass use of dangerous ammunition of the Second World War," Vereschuk said at a press briefing Wednesday.
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