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Happening now, breaking news. New explosions rattling keep tonight as Russia once again

bombard civilians in the Ukrainian capital and Putin's army inches closer and closer to the city limits.

This, as the Pentagon now warns Russia is expanding its targets in Western Ukraine just miles from the Polish border raising new fears the violence

could spill over into NATO territory. The Russians also pushing the

cutoff Ukraine from its crucial access to the Black Sea, major Ukrainian cities in the South, now facing

relentless attacks from all directions.

Our correspondence are standing by as we bring you CNN's global team coverage of Russia's war against Ukraine.

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