An air raid alert sounded in Kyiv on Friday as NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte visited to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine in the event of a deal with Russia.
Russia has stepped up drone and missile attacks on Ukraine in recent days as a US-led mediation effort to end the three-and-a-half-year war has appeared to falter.
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