Despite another day in which bombs rained down on Ukrainian cities including Kyiv and Kharkiv, resistance to the onslaught has seen the invasion fall behind schedule, allies of Putin admitted.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko today announced a 36-hour curfew from 8pm (6pm GMT) on Tuesday until 7am (5am GMT) on Thursday at the decision of the military command ahead of shelling.
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Captain Alexey Glushchak, 31, from Tyumen in Siberia, died fighting near the besieged Black Sea port city of Mariupol, according to a funeral service that took place on Sunday.