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Ukrainian rescue services trawl through the smoking rubble left after a Russia strike on the port city of Mykolaiv near the Black Sea. "Russians hit the city centre. A garage and a 3-story residential building are on fire," Mykolaiv governor Vitaliy Kim wrote on Telegram. Eighteen people had been wounded and nine of them had been hospitalised, including five children, he added, without specifying their condition or if they had been in the residential building. IMAGES ++ TEXT 33PB89B
The United States says it welcomes South Africa's promise to probe allegations of arms shipments to Russia after Washington angered Pretoria by going public with a charge of covert weapons. "It certainly would be a welcome step," State Department spokesman Vedant Patel tells reporters of the promise of a probe made by a spokesman for President Cyril Ramaphosa. SOUNDBITE
Images of the regional administration building in Mykolaiv that was hit by a Russian strike. The governor of the region Vitaly Kim said that most people inside the building had not been injured but several civilians and soldiers were unaccounted for. IMAGES
Polish volunteers are ready to welcome Ukrainian refugees in Przemysl train station. Six in every 10 Ukrainian refugees have crossed the Polish border, according to UNHCR's latest figures, and more than 10 million people are now thought to have fled their homes, including the millions of internally displaced people. IMAGES
A search and rescue operation is underway in Mykolaiv in Ukraine, after Russian forces carried out a large-scale air strike killing dozens of young Ukrainian soldiers at their brigade headquarters. An soldier who gave his name as Yevgen said it was home to about 200 of them and as military spokeswoman has said the final toll is still unknown. IMAGES
Speaking to reporters in Scotland, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urges Russian President Vladimir Putin to step back from "the edge of a precipice", warning that an invasion of Ukraine could be "disastrous for Russia". SOUNDBITE
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