The video shows suffocating traffic jams in Kiev, as a result of the massive displacement of Ukrainians towards the western part of the country.
The video recorded severe congestion at gas stations in the Ukrainian capital, and the congestion of cars displaced from Kiev extended to 200 km.
An adviser to the Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs said today, Thursday, that at least 8 people were killed and 9 wounded as a result of the Russian bombing, with Moscow launching a massive attack on its neighbor.
The border guards also said that columns of the Russian army had crossed the Ukrainian border into the Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Lugansk regions, according to “Reuters”.
Russian ground forces entered Ukraine on Thursday from several directions, according to the Ukrainian border guards, who indicated in a statement that “Russian tanks and other heavy equipment crossed the border in several northern regions, as well as from the Crimea, which was annexed by the Kremlin in southern Ukraine.”
The Russian military confirmed Thursday that it had destroyed its anti-aircraft defense systems and put Ukraine’s air bases “out of service” after Moscow launched a military operation in the morning.
“The military infrastructure of the air bases of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has become out of service, and the air defense systems of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been destroyed,” Russian news agencies reported, citing the Russian Defense Ministry.