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The governor of the Kyiv region says that Russian forces have entered the city of Slavutych and seized a hospital there.
Slavutych is located north of Kyiv and west of Chernihiv, outside the exclusion zone that was established around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant after the 1986 disaster. It is home to workers at the Chernobyl site.
The governor said that residents of Slavutych took to the streets with Ukrainian flags to protest the Russian forces.
The Russians opened fire into the air. They threw flash-bang grenades into the crowd. But the residents did not disperse .
Ukraine’s capital Kyiv announces new 35-hour curfew
Authorities in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, have announced a new 35-hour curfew in the city. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the curfew will run from 8 p.m. local time on Saturday to 7 a.m. on Monday.
Klitschko said that shops, pharmacies, gas stations and public transport will not be operating during the curfew.
