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[Latest on the Russia-Ukraine war:]
Kyiv digs in for battle as fighting flares in areas nearby
In Irpin, a town some 25 km north-west of Kyiv, men, women and children trying to escape armed clashes in the area were forced to take cover when missiles struck nearby, according to Reuters witnesses.
Ukrainian port city evacuation bid fails second time
Hundreds of civilians have been killed and thousands wounded, with hundreds of thousands of mostly women and children pouring into neighbouring countries such as Poland, Romania or Moldova for refuge.
Efforts on Saturday and Sunday to get people out of Mariupol — one of the most ferocious scenes of war — collapsed almost immediately with both sides accusing each other of breaching a ceasefire agreement.