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Curfew in Kyiv

A 鈥榙ifficult and dangerous moment鈥 for the capital.

More Russian strikes have hit residential buildings in Kyiv. As tower blocks burn, Mayor Vitaly Klitschko has announced a 35-hour curfew, warning of 鈥渁 difficult and dangerous moment鈥. Victoria, Gabriel and Vitaly get the latest on the ground and hear from surgeon Dr Andrey Vysotskyi, who has hardly stopped working since we last spoke to him.

Meanwhile, with a Russian journalist facing a fine for interrupting a live TV news bulletin to protest against the war, the 麻豆官网首页入口 Russian Service鈥檚 Liza Fokht tells us about her decision to leave Moscow for Latvia.

And we hear from the 麻豆官网首页入口鈥檚 Eastern Europe Correspondent, Sarah Rainsford, on what she鈥檚 learned from sheltering with residents in eastern Ukraine while covering the conflict.

Today鈥檚 Ukrainecast was made by Daniel Wittenberg with Phil Marzouk, Alix Pickles and Emma Forde. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.

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