moving towards the capital, satellite images reveal, with rocket artillery taking up firing positions as what is sure to be a long and bloody battle for control of the city enters its early stages.
Vladimir
Putin's forces are now attacking to the north, west and east of Kyiv,
Ukrainian commanders say, as the convoy - which had been stuck for two
weeks due to fuel and logistical issues - gets moving again - dispersing
to take up firing positions or else concealing itself in civilian areas
and forests to prevent attacks.
Ukraine
believes the capital - which is currently home to around 2million
people - could soon be surrounded, after which it faces the same
punishing fate meted out to the cities of Mariupol, which has been
without water or power for 11 days, Kharkiv, and Sumy, where thousands
of civilians have been killed.
Territorial defence units, charged with
protecting the city, were pictured digging trenches there and setting up
barricades, as mayor Vitali Kitschko said the capital has been turned
into a 'fortress'.
Oleksiy Reznikov,
Ukraine's defence minister, said Russia's attacks have now killed more
civilians than soldiers after generals switched tactics from
American-style 'shock and awe' precision strikes - which largely failed
due to poor battlefield tactics - to 'medieval'-style siege warfare of
the kind Moscow's men waged in Syria." DailyMail
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