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Top Channel journalist Artur Bibe on Thursday reports from Kiev that Russian forces have begun encircling the city as citizens prepare for the final battle.
“Kiev is under siege and is preparing for the final battle. Russian forces are located on the outskirts of the city and from there are initially attacking with tanks and heavy artillery. The citizens of Kiev are protected, they are here, to defend their country, as they say. They are everywhere and you see them in a training center, you see them in a supermarket, you see them in a center where citizens are helped with help. They are everywhere to save their country from aggressors“, He says.
The Kyiv Regional Administration earlier clarified that there are several dangerous roads beyond the capital due to heavy fighting, including the main highway west to Zhytomyr and the city of Makariv, which is on that road.
The mayor of Kiev Vitali Klitschko said on Ukrainian television that “the main goal of the Russians is to take control of Kiev.”
“Their task from the first day of the war is to encircle Kiev, surround it and then continue to attack, overthrow the government“, He said.
“Their plans are not being realized, thanks to our boys who are now in Bucha, Vorzel, Irpin, Hostomel, where fierce fighting is taking place. Our boys are ruining all plans to encircle Kiev“, Stressed Klitschko.
He also discussed refugees fleeing the capital.
““Every second resident of Kiev has left the city, there are a little less than 2 million people now in Kiev,” he said, adding“Now Kiev has become a castle, every street and every building.”
This is the 15th day of fighting between Russia and Ukraine. The latter has made a high resistance against Russian troops and bombing.
According to the UN, more than 2.3 million people have fled Ukraine and the number of Russian soldiers killed is still unknown – it is estimated at over 11 thousand.
While 1,300 civilians were killed in Mariupol alone by Russian bombing – including children.
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