Missile strikes are dropped on Kiev
Ukrainian army Russia forces from the north and from the north-east Kievindicates that it is approaching
On February 25 Russia forces the Ukrainian capital Kievfired missiles at The occupying forces are advancing around Kiev.
President Volodymyr Zelensky asks the West for help, saying the sanctions are not enough.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Moscow He said his country was ready to negotiate if the Ukrainian army surrendered. He claimed that the occupying forces wanted to free the country from “slavery”.
Lavrov said at a press conference that, Zelensky “lies” that he is ready to negotiate with Moscow to prevent further casualties. According to him according to“No one has any plans to invade Ukraine.”
Attack from three sides
In Kiev, gunfire was heard near the government headquarters. Zelenski Russia soldiers of the forces and He said he was advancing on three sides with tanks and targeting civilian areas.
Ukraine in the Obolon district north of the capital and There are reports of clashes between Russian forces.
Kiev Authorities have instructed Obolon residents not to take to the streets due to “active fighting.”
Ukrainian army from the north of Russian forces and reports approaching Kiev from the northeast. Army officials Facebookas he wrote according tothe Russians “bypassed” the northern city of Chernihiv and attacked Kiev.
They are also advancing from the Russian-controlled city of Konotop to Kiev.
Armed civilians in Kiev
On the morning of February 25, explosions were heard in Kiev, a city of 3 million people weather an alarm was sounded. Part of the population took refuge in metro stations.
RFE / RL’s Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty reports that he saw men in civilian clothes and an AK-47 assault rifle on the streets of Kiev.
The army is a Russian spy, 5 km north of the center of Kiev and indicates that a group of saboteurs is visible.
Earlier, heavy fighting was reported in Ivankov, 60 km northwest of Kiev.
Zelensky said he understood that Russian soldiers had come for him and vowed to stay in Kiev. He stressed that he was the number one target and his family the number two.
Delete Ukraine from the map…
Russian forces began the occupation at dawn on February 24. President Vladimir Putin He said the goal of the “special operation” was to “de-militarize” Ukraine.
British Defense Secretary Ben Vallas said on February 25 that, Russia wants to occupy the whole of Ukraine, but the Russian army did not succeed on the first day of the occupation.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Dryan accused Putin of trying to destroy Ukraine’s statehood, saying Zelensky’s “security” was at risk.
“It’s a total war,” he said. Putin“It has decided to erase Ukraine from the map of the countries,” Le Dryan told France Inter on February 25.