Ukrainians Take Civil Defense Courses in Kyiv #shorts | VOA News

Ukrainian civilians take part in a five-day course on civil defense, open to men and women of any profession who want to learn techniques for handling weapons and first aid.

Several explosions were heard across Kyiv early Friday. Earlier, Mayor Vitali Klitschko had urged residents to go to air raid shelters and Ukrainian officials had issued a nationwide air raid alert.

#Ukraine shot down a missile near a children’s hospital in the city Friday. Debris from the missile fell near the hospital in #Kyiv, but there were no reported injuries.

Meanwhile, the airspace over two Russian airports – Vnukovo and Kalugo - was temporarily closed Friday due to drone flights. The airports have since reopened.

In its daily intelligence report Friday about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the British Defense Ministry said there is a "realistic possibility" that a "small number" of Wagner Group advisers will be present when Belarussian troops conduct an exercise in the Grodno area of northwestern Belarus, near the Polish and Lithuanian borders, according to the British Defense Ministry.

The British ministry said that Wagner advisers would likely act as trainers in the Belarus exercise. It also noted that the Belarussian Defense Ministry said the exercise in the Grodno area is "intended to incorporate lessons learnt by the Russian military in Ukraine."

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