– Wreckage triggered a fire on the ground of a facility belonging to the Ministry of Defense near the village of Kotluban, writes Volgograd’s governor Andrei Botcharov in the Telegram messaging service.
– To safeguard the safety of the civilian population from the threat of detonations while the fire is being extinguished, an evacuation has been initiated in the village of Kotluban, he writes.
At the same time as the village evacuation in Russia, the Ukrainian capital Kyiv is being attacked with Russian rockets, says the city’s military administration.
– A massive attack against the capital is still ongoing, writes mayor Vitaly Klitschko in the messaging service Telegram.
According to Klitschko, both residential buildings and other buildings on both sides of the Dnipro river, which runs through the city, have been hit. Emergency services have moved out, he writes.
According to Tymur Tkachenko, who heads Kyiv’s military administration, at least one impact was recorded, in a suburb in the eastern part of the city.
Witnesses that Reuters has spoken to say they heard explosions.
date:2026-02-12 03:38:00
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