A Ukrainian rescuer works at the site of an air attack in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  Photo courtesy of AFP
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Russian strikes kill two in Ukraine amid renewed escalation

Agence France-Presse

Russia’s overnight strikes on Kyiv province killed two people, Ukrainian authorities said Monday, after a countrywide air alert was issued.

One person was killed in the capital, according to Tymur Tkachenko, head of the city’s military administration.

In the neighboring city of Fastiv, a man in his 70s also died, Mykola Kalashnyk said.

Russia has escalated its attacks on Ukraine as Kyiv and its allies seek to finalize a U.S.-brokered plan to end Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II.