According Dan Sabbaghdefense and security editor of The Guardian newspaper, the edited video combines footage from the advance of the tanksthe response of the Ukrainian armed forces and the subsequent withdrawal of the Russian artillery. And an audio in which apparently a Russian commander reports the attack to his superiors and reports the death of a regimental commanderwhich suggests that the confrontation occurred a few days ago.
Rob Leea former US Marine and specialist in the Russian Army, tweeted the scene and strongly criticized the strategy: “A very poor tactic displayed by this Russian armored force so close to Kiev. They are within range of the Ukrainian artillery in Kiev, they are in an obvious avenue of approach, and they still decided to group together, leaving them more vulnerable to indirect fire.”.
What is the current state of Kiev
The mayor of the capital, Vitaly KlitschkoHe assured this Thursday that “Kiev has become a fortress”two weeks after the launch of the Russian attack. “Every street, every building, every checkpoint was fortified”he added.
Russian forces have gone slowly encircling the city, reaching its extreme northwest on the first day of its assault on the Ukraine, on February 24. The northwestern suburbs of Kiev, such as Irpin and BuchaThey carry more than a week enduring bombing and shootingwhich has caused a mass evacuation.
Since then, they left the capital of three million people with only its southern highways open for possible evacuation and the delivery of new supplies.
War in Ukraine checkpoint in Kiev
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Half of the population of Kiev fled since the beginning of the Russian invasionreported the mayor. “According to our data, one out of two inhabitants of Kiev left the city. Today they find something in it less than two million people”, he told Ukrainian television.
The Kiev agglomeration had 3.5 million inhabitants before the start of the conflict with Russia. According to the UN, more than 2.3 million people have fled Ukraine in these two weeks.