The first fighting in the Ukrainian capital was reported on Friday February 25, the day after the launch of a massive attack by Russia against Ukraine. Exchanges of fire and explosions were heard in particular in the Obolon district as well as deaf detonations from the center of Kiev.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused the Russian military of “bombard civilian neighborhoods”. “It reminds us [l’offensive nazie] from 1941 »he said, referring to at least 137 dead and 316 wounded on the Ukrainian side.
“We are all here” for “to defend” Ukraine, he added at the end of the day in a video shot in front of the presidential building in Kiev. Ukrainian forces also reported fighting Russian armor units in two localities, located between 40 kilometers and 80 kilometers north of the capital.
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