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Russia has retaliated for what it claimed was a Ukrainian terrorist attack on a critical bridge by unleashing its biggest and most widespread attacks against Ukraine in months

The TV tower strike comes as recent satellite imagery has spread fears that Ukraine’s capital Kyiv could soon become the arena for a full-scale Russian assault.

The U.S. and U.K. responded by announcing another round of sanctions, which aim to limit Moscow’s access to the global economy.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned that Russia plans to “manufacture a pretext for its attack” on Ukraine.

Kyiv says pro-Russian forces are responsible for an artillery strike that hit a kindergarten in eastern Ukraine on Thursday.

CNBC spoke to a man living in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, around 100 miles from the Russian border.