Disrupted public life, fierce fighting in Kiev after the Russian invasion

Ukraine-Russia crisis: Russia has launched an offensive in Ukraine since Thursday (February 24). Russian troops entered Ukraine from the north, south and east, and there were reports of Russian missile strikes on major cities and army bases.

 

 

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Public life in Kiev disrupted after Russian invasion . Public life in Kiev has been disrupted since the Russian invasion. As well as fighting around major Ukrainian cities in the south, east and north.

 

 

A total of 198 Ukrainians, including three children, have been killed in the Russian attack, according to Health Minister Viktor Liashkor. 1115 people were injured, including 33 children.

 

 

Reuters reports that two missiles hit southwestern Kiev this morning local time.

According to Kiev city authorities, a missile hit a residential building there. Another missile exploded near the capital's Jhuliani airport, Reuters reported.

 

 

Meanwhile, Russian media outlets Interfax and Sputnik reported, citing the Russian Defense Ministry, that Russian troops had captured the town of Melitopol in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhiya. Melitopol is a medium-sized city near Mariupol, the main port of Ukraine. Where at least one and a half lakh people live.

 

 

A Facebook post by the Ukrainian army says its troops are trying to repel a Russian attack. An army unit in Kiev has pushed Russian forces out of the city's main City Avenue, the post said.

 

 

They said in a Facebook post on Saturday that they were fighting when Russian troops tried to attack an army base in Kiev.

 

 

Ukrainian forces claim they have successfully evacuated Russians from the Black Sea town of Mykolaiv. At the same time, Kyiv has prevented an attack on an army base.

 

 

 

Earlier, Ukrainian officials said that Russian forces were trying to occupy the capital, Kyiv. They will then try to overthrow the country's leadership.

 

 

 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posted a selfie video of himself on Twitter, saying "there is a lot of false information being spread online that I am urging our military to lay down arms and remove them."

 

 

 

"I am here. We will not keep our weapons. We will defend our state." He said.

Mr. Although Washington has offered to remove Zelensky from Ukraine, he has refused, according to US media reports.

 

 

 

Mr. "There's a fight going on here. I need ammunition, not moving anywhere," Zelensky  quoted as saying by the Associated Press, quoting a senior intelligence official.

 

 

 

The United Kingdom and 25 other nations have agreed to provide "humanitarian aid and weapons assistance" to Ukraine, said James Happy, the UK's armed forces secretary.

 

 

 

In the capital, a large explosion was heard near Maiden Square and multiple explosions  reported in the Troischina area of ​​the city.

 

 

 

Witnesses say the sound of gunfire over Kiev was so loud that they heard it a few miles from the city center.

 

 

 

The Kyiv Independent says there have been more than 50 explosions and shelling with heavy machine guns near the city's zoo and in the vicinity of Shulyavka.

 

 

 

Fox News correspondent Trey Inst says Kyiv  attacked "from multiple directions at the moment."

According to the Ukrainian State Special Service, fierce fighting is taking place near the CHP-6 power station in the Troischina area of ​​the capital. The attack could have cut off power to the entire city.

 

 

 

Car wreckage and fires  reported at various locations on Peremohi Avenue in Kiev.

Intense fighting  reported near an air base in Vasilkiv. The idea is that Russian paratroopers will use the base as their base to attack Kiev.

 

 

 

Meanwhile, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called on Russian troops to return to their barracks. He says peace should  given another chance.

 

 

 

He made the remarks shortly after a Security Council meeting in which Russia vetoed a draft resolution condemning the aggression in Ukraine.

 

 

 

The draft resolution  rejected due to Russia's veto power as a permanent member of the UN Security Council.

 

 

 

Eleven members of the Security Council voted in favor of the resolution. China, India and the United Arab Emirates abstained.

 

 

 

"The United Nations was born in a state of war, to end the war. That goal has not achieved today. But we must never give up. We must give peace another chance," he tweeted. Guterres.

 

 

 

Shortly afterwards, he  told to return to the barracks of Russian troops who had attacked Ukraine.

 

 

 

UN Ambassador to Russia Vasily Nebenzia thanked members of the Security Council who did not support the draft, calling it "anti-Russian".

 

 

 

Earlier, Ukrainian President Vladimir Putin vowed to fight back in Kiev. He warned Ukrainians that they would not "lose" the capital under any circumstances.

 

 

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on the Ukrainian military to surrender.

 

 

He informed.

Meanwhile, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and the European Union have for the first time directly imposed sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin and his foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov.

Many countries have also banned the use of Russian commercial airlines and private jets.