Vladimir Putin’s (69) troops are preparing to attack Kyiv!
Russia has started gathering materials for the storming of the Ukrainian capital, according to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army Facebook communicates. Advisor to the Ukrainian Minister of the Interior, Wadym Denysenko, strikes a similar note: “We assume that the battle for Kyiv will be the key battle in the next few days,” he said on TV on Sunday evening.
▶︎ An indication of the upcoming battle: Russia has announced a local ceasefire for 10 a.m. (8 a.m. German time) to allow civilians to flee Kyiv via so-called humanitarian corridors. This also applies to the embattled cities of Kharkiv, Mariupol and Sumy. Once the civilians have cleared the battlefield, the battle could begin.
According to the Ukrainian general staff, the Russian troops are also supplied with material via Belarus.
Photo: Emilio Morenatti / dpa
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At the same time, the Russian army is trying to conquer several suburbs and thus gain a strategic advantage in the battle for the capital. In Irpin, a small town on the northwestern city limits of Kyiv, the Russians are advancing with tanks and motorized infantry. Fighting has been going on there since Sunday. The neighboring town of Bucha is also a strategic target for Putin’s troops.
According to the Ukrainian general staff, the Russians want to attack the eastern flank of the capital via the Brovary and Boryspil districts.
It is doubtful whether Putin intends to invade Kyiv directly. It is much more likely that he wants to put a tight siege around the city, taking all the suburbs and the city and its defenders – tens of thousands of soldiers, then starve.
This is supported by the fact that Russian troops have also launched an attack northeast of Kyiv, targeting the cities of Brovary and Borispil, the site of Kyiv’s civilian airport.
▶︎ MEANS: Putin apparently wants to push south on both sides of Kiev and put the city in the pincers.
Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko (50) wrote on his Telegram channel on Sunday that there was fighting 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.