Russian troops closer to Ukrainian capital Kyiv
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video address that 137 “heroes,” including 10 military officers, had been killed and 316 people wounded.
Kyiv: Russian forces entered the outskirts of Ukraine's capital on Friday after unchecking airstrikes on cities and military establishments. Ukraine's government described it as horrific rocket strikes.
Russia has attacked Ukraine from three sides, the attack could rewrite the history of the post-cold war security order.
Russian bombarding continued in Kyiv. On Friday early morning two loud blasts were heard in central Kyiv. Ukraine's army said that Russia fired on civilian areas of Kyiv. Ukraine air defence stated that it has received two deadly gifts.
The nature of the explosions was not immediately clear, but the blasts came amid signs that the capital and largest Ukrainian city was increasingly threatened following a day of fighting that left more than 100 Ukrainians dead, Associated Press reported.
As air raids sirens sounded in Kyiv early Friday, guests of a hotel in the city centre were directed to a makeshift basement shelter, lined with piles of mattresses and bottles of water. Workers, all local university students, served tea and cookies to the guests. Some people ducked out to a courtyard to smoke or get fresh air.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the government had information that “subversive groups” we're encroaching on the city, and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Kyiv “could well be under siege” in what U.S. officials believe is a brazen attempt by Russian President Vladimir Putin to install his own regime, AP stated.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy made an emotional speech by saying that “the fate of the country depends fully on our army, security forces, all of our defenders.” He also said the country had heard from Moscow that “they want to talk about Ukraine’s neutral status” — a reference to its demand that the country drop its bid to join to western NATO alliance.
The invasion began early Thursday with a series of missile strikes on cities and military bases, and then quickly followed with a multi-pronged ground assault that rolled troops in from several areas in the east; from the southern region of Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014; and from Belarus to the north, AP reported.
