Ukraine war: Moscow gathers resources for attack on Kyiv - This happened at night
Created: 07/03/2022 05:53
By: Jennifer Lanzinger
In Irpin, houses burn after a bomb attack.
© Emilio Morenatti/AP/dpa
The situation in Kyiv and the surrounding area continues to deteriorate, with more and more civilians falling victim to Russian troops' attacks.
That happened on Monday night.
Kyiv – The war in Ukraine* has already lasted for around a week and a half, and the attacks by Russian troops continued on the night of Monday, March 7, 2022.
More and more civilians fall victim to the fighting, many civilian buildings are destroyed in the fighting.
According to the Ukrainian army, Russia has begun to pool resources for the storming of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.
Meanwhile, Ukraine and Russia are preparing for a third round of negotiations.
War in Ukraine: General Staff warns - Moscow gathers resources for attack on Kyiv
In the Ukraine war*, the Russian army continued its air raids on the second largest city in Ukraine, Kharkiv, on Monday night.
Reporters from the AFP news agency reported that a university sports complex and other civilian buildings were among the hits.
Meanwhile, according to the Ukrainian general staff, Russian troops concentrated their attacks on Kharkiv in the east of the country, Sumy in the north-east and Mykolaev in the south.
The General Staff also warned that Moscow was gathering its “resources for an attack” on Kyiv.
Russian units also wanted to gain a tactical advantage by reaching the eastern outskirts of Kiev through the Brovary and Boryspil districts, sources said.
Advisor to the Ukrainian Interior Minister, Vadym Denysenko, said in a live TV broadcast on Sunday evening, according to the Ukrainian Internet newspaper
Ukrajinska Pravda
, that a fairly large amount of Russian equipment and troops had accumulated on the approaches to Kiev.
"We assume that the battle for Kyiv will be the key battle of the next few days."
Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote on his Telegram channel on Sunday that fighting was taking place near Kyiv.
The city keeps collecting all resources for its defense.
He had visited several checkpoints on the city limits, the security forces were determined to ward off any attack.
Ukraine war: fierce fighting in the outskirts of Kyiv - a local resident describes oppressive scenes
According to the Ukrainian regional administration, fierce fighting raged throughout Sunday around the Ukrainian capital, particularly along the road leading to Zhytomyr (150 kilometers west of Kyiv) and in Chernihiv (150 kilometers north of the capital).
In the western suburbs of Kyiv, in Irpin, “from morning to night all the neighboring buildings were hit, a tank drove into them.
It was scary," said 52-year-old local resident Tatyana Vosniuchenko.
The Russian army continued to besiege the strategically important port of Mariupol on the Sea of Azov in the south-east of the country, where a second attempt to evacuate civilians failed on Sunday.
There are already several dozen cities in eight regions in the country where the humanitarian situation is catastrophic, the online
newspaper Ukrajinska Prawda
reported , citing the Office of the President.
The office also accuses Russia of using humanitarian corridors as an excuse to strengthen its own military positions.
A deadly attack on fleeing civilians was documented on Sunday, killing a family with two children.
War in Ukraine: Fear of a nuclear incident grows
According to the Ukrainian domestic secret service SBU, a research center with nuclear material was fired at in Kharkiv with rocket launchers.
The authority warned that a hit in the research reactor could, in the worst case, trigger an environmental disaster.
According to the Itar-Tass agency, the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that the Ukrainian secret service wanted to blow up the facility.
There was no independent information at first.
Ukraine war: Russia and Ukraine prepare for third round of negotiations
A third round of negotiations between the Russians and the Ukrainians was scheduled for Monday.
Most recently, both sides said that this could start this Monday.
The time and place were not initially known.
However, hopes of success are slim as Russian President Vladimir Putin has made it a condition that Kyiv must accept all of Moscow's demands, including Ukraine's demilitarization and a neutral status for the country.
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