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also because there are concerns about russian sabotage teams that are operating in the city. we have continued to hear sporadic blasts throughout the morning and into the early afternoon, about three or four of them over the last few hours and in the past few minutes we heard another one to the northeast of the city. it s often very hard to tell where these blasts are happening, where rockets mighting landing. but as you noted, this is coming after a very tense night. we had been warned of possible wide skail aerial assault by russia. that did not really materialize, but there were two significant explosions just after midnight to the southwest of the see near kyiv s second biggest airport. you can hear there another blast in the distance, again, to the northeast. but that first blast overnight, the huge explosion, resulted in this massive fire that we could
the north, and to the west. most of the explosions that i ve heard have been coming from that direction in the northeast, but on the other sides there are at least four distinct visible plumes of smoke. now, this is a city that is essentially under lockdown. there is a curfew until tomorrow morning. you can certainly imagine that it could be extended. this is a much louder day, if you will, than yesterday. and this comes after last night when we got warnings that there could have been a widespread aerial bombardment by russian planes over kyiv. that didn t really materialize, but there were two significant explosions just after midnight to the southwest, near kyiv s second biggest airport. the first one resulting in a massive fire. you could see the flames glowing and the clouds above it for hours, and even now more than 12 hours later, you can still see the smoke from that. and then to the east of kyiv,