Russian soldiers have entered the Obolon district of Kiev, the Defense Ministry reported.
As reported by the military entity on its Twitter account, it is a Russian exploration and sabotage group.(Due to the public interest that the events between Russia and Ukraine arouse, all our coverage of that invasion and related actions will have free access for all readers of EL TIEMPO)
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense asked citizens to report any movement of enemy war equipment and prepare Molotov cocktails to “neutralize the occupier.”
In addition, he called on civilians to exercise caution and avoid leaving their homes unnecessarily.
The Ukrainian Army reported this Friday that it is facing in the town of Ivanki, 80 kilometers from Kiev, Russian tanks advancing towards the capital from the regions surrounding the old Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
“Russian tanks are advancing in the direction of Kiev, but a battle broke out in the vicinity of Ivankiv. Ukrainian forces blew up a bridge to stop the Russian column,” the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was quoted as saying by UNIAN.
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Ivankiv is 80 kilometers from the Ukrainian capital and if it is overtaken by Russian troops, they could continue their advance towards Kiev through the city of Vyshgorod, located on the banks of the Dieper River.
Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar previously warned on her Facebook account of the possibility of the Russian Army occupying Vorsel, 35 kilometers from the capital, and the villages.
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Ukraine warns of approach of Russian soldiers
Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar had already warned of the possibility of Russian soldiers entering areas on the outskirts of Kiev this Friday after Russian troops approached the capital on the last day as part of the invasion of the country.
“Enemy occupation of Vorzel and villages is possible,” he wrote on his official Facebook page.
Vorzel is a town in the Ukraine region, about 35 kilometers from the capital, where powerful explosions were heard this morning, which the adviser to the Ministry of the Interior, Anton Gerashchenko, attributed to the fire of the anti-aircraft batteries defending the city.
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The anti-aircraft defense of Kiev shot down a Russian device, which fell next to a residential building in the city, according to its Facebook account.
On Thursday, the first day of the invasion, Russian troops crossed the border point of Vilcha, in the Kiev region, 50 kilometers from the border with Belarus.
Shortly after they took the Hostomel aerodrome, 35 kilometers from the capital, where they arrived with 200 paratroopers, according to the Army, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to regain control, as presidential adviser Alexei Arestovich said last night and The General Command of the Armed Forces reiterated in its first part of the day on its Facebook page.
“Another tactical group of the Defense Forces maintains control of the Hostomel airport, to which the Russian paratroopers went yesterday,” he wrote.
AFP and EFE
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