Fire breaks out in central Kyiv after explosion during air raid

Afirebroke out in centralKyivafter an explosion during an air raid alert, an AFP reporter saw. The journalist heard a detonation and saw a cloud of smoke and flames. Fire crews and ambulances arrived promptly at the scene. The capital suffers frequent deadlyair strikes, more than four years intoRussia’sinvasionofUkraine. Ukraine’s PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskysaid earlier on Wednesday that he was rushin