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A file photo of F-16 fighter jets flying over Poland's capital during a military parade in Warsaw on August 15, 2023. © Czarek Sokolowsk, AP
Poland has temporarily closed two airports in Rzeszow and Lublin after the country's armed forces scrambled fighter jets due to Russian strikes on Ukraine, according to the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency. Earlier on Saturday, powerful explosions rocked Ukraine's capital as authorities warned that Kyiv was under threat of missile attack. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Yesterday's key developments:
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President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia was using apartment blocks in Belarus to attack Ukrainian targets
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US President Donald Trump told Politico that Zelensky "doesn't have anything until I approve it".
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Russia on Friday accused Ukraine of trying to "torpedo" talks on a US plan to end its military offensive.
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A Moscow court sentenced a former Russian diplomat to 12 years in a maximum-security penal colony for selling secrets to US intelligence while on a posting to the United States.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, Reuters and AP)
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