The humanitarian tragedy in Ukraine is highlighted by photos from the last hours by the EPA agency. Two weeks after the invasion began, the Russians arrived at the gates of Kiev. The photos show people on the streets leaving the outskirts of Kiev, with pain depicted on their faces, as areas of the capital come under the control of Russian forces.
In total 80,000 people They managed to escape from the Kiev and Sumy regions in the last two days, according to Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Verestsuk.
Russian tanks have reached the northeastern outskirts of the Ukrainian capital, which they threaten to encircle as they approach the northern and western suburbs.
Envoys of the French Agency they saw columns of smoke to rise from the village of Skibin, a few hundred meters from the last dam of Ukrainian forces before the northeastern entrance to Kiev.
Ukrainian troops told AFP they had fought hard overnight to retain control of the last section of the highway before the capital, its main northeastern entrance.
“Military operations are under way in Scibin,” a soldier named Sergii told AFP, adding that a phalanx of Russian tanks had been partially destroyed.
At noon, a rain of Russian Grad missiles fell on the desert village of Velika Dimerka, about 5 km from the border with Kiev, some of which landed some twenty meters from the team of the French Agency.
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.
Until recently, the northeastern suburbs of Kiev they had escaped. On Tuesday, Ukrainian forces repulsed a phalanx of Russian tanks, partially destroying it. But the Russians did not move far.
The Russian war machine, however, seems to be defied by the Ukrainian government. In a message on social media, Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov clarified earlier that the Ukrainian government remains in the capital, taking selfies with the city in the background.
However, the British Ministry of Defense states that Moscow has ordered a large part of its military forces in Ukraine to encircle key cities. thus slowing down their progression.
“Because of the strong Ukrainian resistance, the Russian military administration has deployed an increased number of forces it has deployed to encircle key cities. “As a result, the available forces that would continue to advance have been reduced and Russian progress is being further slowed,” the defense ministry said in a Twitter post. According to the same source, protests against the Russian occupation have been reported in recent days in Ukrainian cities under the control of Moscow forces. In Kherson, in fact, the Russian army reportedly made about 400 arrests of protesters.
Latest Defense Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 10 March 2022
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