Defying the icy wind, five Ukrainian soldiers, equipped with a Javelin anti-tank missile, guard the entrance to Velika Dimerka, the last roadblock separating the northeastern tip of Kiev from Russian armor.
Suddenly, a rain of Grad rockets falls a few hundred yards away from the soldiers shivering from the cold, raising a huge cloud of dust.
A few meters further on, Vassil Popov sticks his head out of the half-open door of a mini-market. He sighs at the idea that war has reached his city. “The Russians were here last night, they were shooting,” said the 38-year-old, with tears in his eyes. “I do not sleep at all. “As soon as the slightest noise is heard, I run to the window to see what happened, if anyone is getting ready to enter,” he says.
Two weeks after the invasion began, the Russians arrived at the gates of Kiev.
On the northwestern side of the capital, heavy bombardment for more than a week has destroyed entire neighborhoods in some communities. Tens of thousands of people defied the almost uninterrupted artillery fire to leave the working-class cities – such as Butsa and Irpin – and reach the capital, where the situation was calmer.
– New front –
Until recently, the northeastern suburbs of Kiev had survived.
Velika Dimerka is about 5 km from Kyiv. Not far from there, passes the highway that the Russians are trying to follow to penetrate the city.
On Tuesday, Ukrainian forces repulsed a phalanx of Russian tanks, partially destroying it. But the Russians did not move far.
Placed under a tree near the roadblock, the US anti-tank missile is the last weapon Ukrainian soldiers have to deal with enemy troops. The United States and its NATO allies have stepped up arms supplies to Ukraine to help repel a Russian attack.
But this support does not convince the residents.
“Why, if NATO is so strong, does it not close its airspace over Ukraine?” asks Gregory Cusca in despair.
“Why can’t we sleep at night? “Why my family, my granddaughter, my children, why are we running from basement to basement?” Asks the retired man, near a group of soldiers trying to warm their hands in a fire.
NATO refuses to send fighter jets to Ukraine, fearing a war could break out between Russia and the West.
– Resistance –
“Grad rockets landed here last night,” said Serhiy, one of the soldiers at the Velika Dimerka roadblock. “We are trying to get rid of the grandmothers. “But they do not want to leave.”
Those who did not leave spend their time behind the fences of their wooden houses. “I am not afraid to die. “I’m afraid for my children and grandchildren,” says 75-year-old Valentina Ruth, feeding her hens.
“If they enter Kyiv, what will they do? How will they manage to stay in power? ” wonders Roman Taranenko, 47. “People will shoot them from all houses, they will burn their cars. “They will never stay in power, even with weapons.”
Ukrainian media: Video from a new Russian air raid on Mariupol
Videos of a new Russian air raid on besieged Mariupol have been leaked to Ukrainian media. A children’s hospital was bombed in the same area on Wednesday, killing three people, prompting an international outcry, although the Russian side claims that the hospital had been evacuated.
Awe-inspiring the huge crater seen in the video in the middle of the ruined city.
Incredible scenes take place in the city, with a representative of the Red Cross stating that the residents are attacking each other for a piece … of food. The city has been without water, electricity and internet services for days as a result of the continuous bombardment by Russian troops that have surrounded it, while the efforts to evacuate civilians and transport supplies to Mariupol fell on deaf ears.
The extent of the disaster In the past 24 hours, Russian civilians have been targeted by civilian targets in Mariupol, including shopping malls and residential areas, according to photos published by the New York Times.
Another airstrike struck #Mariupolreports Segodnya.
Judging by the video, a large crater was formed in the ground. It is scare to imagine how big this bomb was. pic.twitter.com/L57e773coP
– NEXTA (@nexta_tv) March 10, 2022
In Mariupol, residents no longer have food, shops and pharmacies were looted
In besieged Mariupol, in southeastern Ukraine, “people have started fighting over food,” according to a spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross.
“All the shops and pharmacies were looted four or five days ago. “Some still have food, but I do not know how much longer,” Sasha Volkov, from Mariupol, said in a recorded message to the media. “Many have no drinking water at all (…) Many people say they have no food for their children,” he continued.
Besieged for many days by Russian troops, the city’s residents no longer have electricity, water and gas. Attempts to evacuate the city and evacuate thousands of citizens have repeatedly failed, with both sides blaming each other.
Three people, including a little girl, were killed when Russians bombed a pediatric hospital, the municipality said today. Ukraine and the European Union have condemned the “war crime”, with Russia claiming the building housed Ukrainian supranationalist fighters.
“People are starting to fight over food. Some people ransacked a man’s car to get his petrol, said Sasha Volkov, who works for the Red Cross. A “black market” has already been set up where one can find vegetables, but not meat, he added.
Residents have nowhere to go and are often locked in their homes.
Red Cross officials in the city visited the damaged houses to provide food for their occupants, to survive for a few days.
“Many of us got sick because of the cold and the humidity,” he added.
About 65 people are hiding in the building where Volkov is located. “The shelter in the basement is exclusively for children and their mothers. “Everyone else, over the age of 12, sleeps in the offices,” he explained.
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