In the morning hours on Monday 28 February, Mayor Jan Kristensen hoisted the Ukrainian flag, in solidarity with the country's suffering population. Photo: Ole Åsmund Brattfjord, Lyngdal municipality

Lyngdal municipality in Norway responds to emergency calls from Ukraine! Mayor Jan Kristensen also challenges all the country's other municipalities, county municipalities and state administrators to contribute.

- It is the organization "Support to the people of Ukraine" that has invited me as mayor of Lyngdal to take the initiative for this action, where the purpose is to provide medical equipment for the heroes of Ukraine, says Lyngdal's mayor Jan Kristensen.

An airstrike map appears to show that a military strike hit an area near Chernobyl on Thursday.

Yesterday, almost all of Norway showed its support for the Ukrainian people and we are very worried about our fellow human beings in Ukraine

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President Vladimir Putin's long feared attack is the terror of one of history's worst men that the international community must no longer listen to. This violation of all international law will resonate in all democratic and civilized countries. It is condemned by a whole world and we must support democratic Ukraine in this tragic event that has affected our fellow human beings.