Ukraine remains mired in terror. The Russian offensive has already entered its second day and, according to the Ukrainian government, they are bombing residential areas and the attacks have reached Kiev.
With this situation, citizens try to seek refuge in underground infrastructures, as is the case of the subway. In the images that accompany these lines you can see stations full of people fleeing the explosions with the few belongings that they have managed to rescue.
Along with them is the Spanish photojournalist Emilio Morenatti, who explains that “everyone is very scared” and “in each station there are about 200 or 300 people crowded seeking refuge”. In statements to Ser, he has recounted the dramatic scenes he is experiencing, such as that of 80-year-olds trying to enter the stations to take refuge.
“The authorities arrive at the stations to make sure that many people do not accumulate and moves citizens from one station to another because some are very saturated“, has narrated this photojournalist, who has also witnessed how the Ukrainians try to flee in overcrowded buses. “There are very emotional images. I have seen a couple in which the woman left with her child and the man stayed here without knowing when they will meet again,” he said.
The president of Ukraine has warned in the early hours of this Friday that Russian troops are bombing residential areas of the country in the second day of military combat.
“Enemy planes are viciously operating over residential areas, particularly in the capital. Terrible explosions in the morning sky over Kiev. bombings. Impact on a residential building. Fire “, the Ukrainian president has assured in a video through his Telegram channel.
As reported by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, early this morning Russian troops have entered the Obolonsky district of Kiev and the Ukrainian army is fighting them. In this context, the ministry has asked the neighbors not to leave the house and prepare Molotov cocktails.
Source: Lasexta
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