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Fighting underway for key airbase on Kyiv outskirts
24 February 2022 14:29 GMT
Russian and Ukrainian forces are fighting for control over an airbase on the northern outskirts of the capital Kyiv, Ukraine's top military official said on Thursday.
"Fighting is underway for Gostomel airfield," armed forces chief Valeriy Zaluzhny said in a message posted on Facebook.
AFP reporters had earlier seen helicopters flying low over the city from the north, confirming video footage released on social media: