Kiev officials told CNN that heavy fighting was raging in many directions around the Ukrainian capital in the shadow of the wreck in talks between the Russian and Ukrainian sides in Antalya.
The regional administration of Kiev announced that there are several dangerous routes beyond the capital due to heavy fighting, including the main highway west to Zhytomyr and the town of Makariv, located on this route. He also said the areas to the north remain among the most dangerous, including the suburbs of Busa, Irpin and Hostomel, as well as the Vysorov district north of the capital. The administration reported new fighting in settlements around Brovari, located across the Dnieper River, east of the capital. “The evacuation through humanitarian corridors from Bucha, Irpin, Hostomel and Borodyanka is scheduled for today,” the administration said, following limited success in evacuating civilians from those areas on Wednesday.
For his part, the mayor of Kiev Vitali Klitschko said about two million people have left the Ukrainian capital – about half of its inhabitants.
The UN estimates that more than 2.3 million people have fled the country, the largest exodus of refugees to Europe since the end of World War II.
The mayor of Kiev said on Ukrainian television that “the main goal of the Russians is to occupy Kyiv.” “Their task from the first day of the war is to encircle Kyiv, to
“They should surround themselves and then continue to attack, to overthrow the government,” he said. “Now Kyiv has become a fortress, every street and every building,” he said.
Kyiv left every second of its resident. Now in the capital of #Ukraine a little less than 2 million people
This was stated by the mayor of #Kyiv Vitali Klitschko pic.twitter.com/gjmqg5yhKe
– NEXTA (@nexta_tv) March 10, 2022
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