Ukraine war: "The situation around Kyiv is dramatic" - Apparently local armed forces are succeeding
Created: 03/03/2022, 17:57
By: Christina Denk
In the Ukraine war, Russia launches offensives on several cities.
A military convoy is waiting in front of Kyiv.
A local journalist speaks of “psycho-terror”.
News ticker.
Ukraine conflict: Heavy fighting for the cities of Kharkiv and Mariupol, the city of Cherson is said to be in Russian hands.
In the Sumy area, Ukrainian forces recaptured the state border.
The capital Kyiv is still a target - a journalist speaks of "psycho-terror".
This
news ticker on the military conflict in the Ukraine war
is continuously updated.
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Kyiv/Moscow – Ukraine* is under attack.
The city of Cherson is said to have already fallen into Russian hands.
In the capital Kyiv, on the other hand, the soldiers and residents are still afraid of a potentially large-scale attack.
At the same time, the pressure in the capital is increasing.
A local journalist reports on "psycho-terror".
Ukraine War: Heavy fighting for Kharkiv and Mariupol
On February 24, Russia* attacked Ukraine in various places.
A week later, fighting continues throughout western Ukraine.
The map shows an overview of the current focus of attack in the Ukraine war:
Videos on Twitter on Thursday (March 3) showed destruction after an alleged bombardment of the megacity
Kharkiv
.
Two rockets are said to have hit an administration building there around 3 a.m. on Thursday.
The city on the Russian border has been under heavy attack for a week, but has so far held out.
The southern Ukrainian city of
Mariupol
is now surrounded by Russian soldiers, Sergey Orlov, deputy mayor, confirmed to
CNN
.
The fighting for the port city, which is considered to be of particular strategic importance in the Ukraine war, continued.
However, the situation is "quite critical".
Hundreds of dead civilians are also feared in a city district that has been completely destroyed, according to the deputy mayor in an interview with the British
BBC.
Ukraine War: Ukrainian forces retake state border in Sumy area
The embattled city of
Cherson
is said to have fallen into the hands of Putin's troops during the Ukraine war.
This was confirmed by Ukrainian authorities on Thursday night.
Like
The Kyiv Independent
and
AFP
report, Mayor Igor Kolychayev has now imposed a curfew there from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Residents should move on the streets in pairs at most and not confront Russian soldiers.
Meanwhile,
The Kyiv Independent
reported that, according to Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov, Ukrainian armed forces and border guards
retook Ukraine's state border in the
Sumy region.
Ukraine conflict: Journalist reports on psycho-terror in Kyiv
The enemy is trying to break through to the capital.
Vitali Klitschko - Mayor of Kyiv
Kiev
, the capital of Ukraine, has also
been reporting attacks for days.
Several heavy explosions were reported on Thursday night.
According to the Unian
agency , an
air alarm was triggered.
Ukrainian media previously informed about fighting in the suburbs of the metropolis.
Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote on Telegram about the Ukraine war: "The enemy is trying to break through into the capital."
Satellite images also showed a Russian military convoy more than 65 kilometers long near Kyiv.
This was announced by the US satellite imagery company Maxar on Monday evening (February 28) in an email.
“The ring is tightening and eventually the ring will be closed.
The situation around Kiev is dramatic,” ex-Nato General Hans-Lothar Domröse also assessed the situation at
Bild
.
A map shows the fighting for the capital Kyiv.
The
Bild
reporter Paul Ronzheimer, who reports from Kiev, also writes about psychological pressure.
"It's a kind of psycho-terror unleashed by the Russian army.
Everyone assumes that this offensive will come - the question is when, not if. That makes it all the more dramatic.
It's waiting for something that Ukraine can't influence - that's psychological terror for the Ukrainians," said Ronzheimer.
On March 3, a logistics center in Kyiv caught fire after being shelled.
Psycho-terror is spoken of locally.
© Efrem Lukatsky/dpa
In the city, an increased nervousness is noticeable.
“Everyone is a suspect here.
Everything is now checked at the checkpoints – every trunk, every document.
There is a critical question: 'Who are you really?'
– It's pretty clear that there will be an attack unless a miracle happens.” The feeling that Putin won't do it is gone.
"Everyone you talk to now says: Putin is ready for anything," said the journalist.
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