Morning, everybody. In the last hour, the United States has announced that it is temporarily
closing its embassy in Kiev today and instructing employees to shelter in place. That's after
receiving what it describes as specific information of a potentially significant air attack. Overnight,
Ukraine's military says Kiev's air defence units were deployed in defence of the city.
Witnesses told Reuters news agency they heard multiple blasts. Meanwhile, President Biden
has said that the U.S. will provide Ukraine with anti-personnel mines in the hope they
will slow down Russian advances in the east of the country. U.S. officials say that Ukraine
has promised not to use the mines in densely populated areas. It follows claims from Russian
officials that Ukraine has fired U.S.-made long-range missiles into their territory just
days after President Biden gave them permission.