Vladimir Putin has exacted his revenge on Ukraine overnight, after the West agreed to bolster forces with dozens of tanks. DETAILS: 9News
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said one person was killed during the attacks, the capital's first such death since New Year's Eve.The head of the Kyiv city administration, Serhii Popko, said Ukrainian air defenses shot down 15 cruise missiles heading to the area.
Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said energy facilities were again targeted on Thursday by Russian forces who were "trying to cause a systemic failure in the energy system of Ukraine." The regional administration in the nearby Kherson region, where Ukrainian troops recaptured the regional capital in November, said Russian shelling had killed two people and wounded five over the past day.
The conflict has largely been a stalemate in recent months, though Ukrainian forces acknowledged on Wednesday a controlled pullout from the salt-mining town of Soledar in Donetsk province, a battle-scarred area of eastern Ukraine that has been embroiled in war since Russia-backed separatists seized large swaths of the broader Donbas region in 2014.
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