Ukraine oil terminal near Kyiv and gas pipeline in Kharkiv on fire after Russian attack

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RUSSIA has begun another day of terrifying missile strikes on Ukraine. Videos posted to social media are believed to show an oil terminal outside of Kyiv on fire after a Russian attack.

There are also reports that a gas pipeline in Kharkiv has been targeted after the city came under heavy fire. Residents have been advised to keep their windows shut against hazardous chemical fumes.

Missiles kit Kyiv's main airport, Boryspil International and an oil depot was also blown up at at Vasylkiv, around 25m west of Kyiv.

Residents have been warned the burning depot was emitting smoke and poisonous fumes and were told to keep their windows shut and to take cover.

Russian missiles also hit a nuclear waste disposal site on the outskirts of Kyiv, the Ukrainian State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine has confirmed.

The strike has sparked fears that people could be exposed to radioactive material. A swirling mushroom cloud of smoke and flames was also seen above the city of Kharkiv, in north eastern Ukraine.

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