Kiev is on the brink of a humanitarian crisis. This Monday, the UN Security Council meets, and France will propose a resolution that guarantees humanitarian access to the population in need of Ukraine, in addition to a ceasefire prior to the peace talks.
Meanwhile, on the fourth day of fighting, Vitali Klitschko, mayor of Kiev, had told the ‘AP’ agency that the city was surrounded. However, he later corrected himself and said that the capital is still not surrounded by russian troopsalthough these are surrounding different points of the city.
Furthermore, it maintains that civilians can no longer leave Kievwhere grocery stores are closed and there is no supply of basic materials, nor material for hospitals. “If the situation does not normalize in the next few days, we could see a fairly serious humanitarian crisis in the Ukrainian capital,” warned journalist Alberto Sicilia, who is in Kiev.
This Sunday, the Ukrainian troops have achieved neutralize a column of Russian armor on the outskirts of Kiev, where the result has been that tanks and military vehicles have been flattened and scattered throughout a suburb to the northwest of the capital. With an ambush, the Ukrainian army has managed to block some roads leading to Kiev, as Russia tries to advance from Hostomel, where they already control its airport.
Thus, they try to cross Bucha and Irpin, just 30 kilometers from the center of the capital. From there, attack positions from the air and on the ground. Russian troops have also been seen leaving Chernobyl north towards Kiev, and citizens have witnessed explosions in nearby regions.
Meanwhile, in Kiev, the population is preparing in the streets with anti-tank barricades and Molotov cocktails, after the last night was even worse than the previous one. This Sunday, the sirens have sounded again to call the population to take refuge at the nearest site.
Despite the fact that the streets have been completely deserted throughout the day, since the strict curfew extended until mondayMany take refuge in the subway, where they distribute hot food to be able to spend the night better. “There is a very good atmosphere here in the shelter. We help each other,” says one of the refugees on the subway.
Meanwhile, Aleksandr Lukashenko, President of Belarus opens the door for his troops to enter Ukraineprecisely when a referendum is being voted on to be able to have nuclear weapons in Belarus.
Source: Lasexta
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