According to the mayor of Vasilkiev, Natalia Balasinovich, the city and the airport were subjected to “heavy bombardment with ballistic missiles.” “The enemy wants to destroy everything around it, but it will not succeed,” he said.
Because of the bombing and explosion at the fuel depot in Vasylkiv, a town 40 kilometers south of the capital, Kiev city authorities told residents to tightly close their windows, noting that the winds could carry smoke and harmful substances to them.
A Sky News Arabia correspondent reported that violent explosions were heard near the capital, Kiev, and information was received about a huge explosion in the city of Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Valery Zaluzhny, said that the number of reservists in the Territory Defense Forces has reached 37,000.
In another development, Ukrainian news websites reported that the Russian government portal is facing cyber attacks on an “unprecedented scale”. Including the Kremlin, which has broken down.
And local Ukrainian media said, earlier on Sunday night, that the Russian armed forces were planning an imminent attack on the Ukrainian capital of Kiev tonight, from more than one front, amid raging battles on the outskirts of the city.
Multiple reports indicated that Russian forces are about to launch massive air strikes and missile attacks on Kiev, according to a Sky News Arabia correspondent quoting Ukrainian media.
A Sky News Arabia delegate from Kiev quoted a member of the Verkhovna Rada Lesia Vasylenko as saying: “In 30-60 minutes Kiev will be subjected to an unprecedented attack. Russia will strike us with everything it has.”
Gunfire was heard in the center of the capital, Kiev, not far from government buildings, and sirens sounded again in the city.
And local Ukrainian media reported that the Russian army was carrying out airdrops southwest of Kiev.
The mayor of the city of Mykolaiv Oblast, Vitaly Kim, said that Russian tanks attacked the city, and were moving on its roads, according to a Sky News Arabia correspondent in Kiev.
He stated that clashes continued in the city of Kharkiv and its environs in northeastern Ukraine, at a time when Ukrainian media reported that electricity had been cut off at the central train station in Kiev due to the clashes.