Russian troop movements around Kiev have one goal: to surround the capital from several flanks, accumulate supplies and reinforcements, and cut off the city’s lines of contact with the outside world, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). For this, the Kremlin would be piling up tanks and men on two flanks: to the west, where it tries to control the cities of Irpin, 25 kilometers from the center of the capital, and Bucha, less than 5 kilometers further north. To the east, the target is Brovary, a small center in the suburbs of Kiev. In both cases he is running into Ukrainian resistance.
In recent days, there have also been bombings about 95 kilometers south of the capital, in the city of Bila Tserkva: it would be an attempt to approach Kiev on a front where few movements were recorded this week, according to the Rochan Institute and The Guardian.
Towards the east of the country, fighting also continues in major cities such as Kharkov, Sumy or Mariupol, which would be surrounded by the Russians.
In the south, this Monday there has been a bloody battle between the Russian and Uranian armies to take control of the Mikolaiv airport, reports The New York Times. This city is a key port on the Black Sea and would serve the Kremlin to prepare the attack on Odessa. If it were to get these two cities, Russia would control almost all of the country’s access to the sea.
By M. Zafra, K. Llaneras, D. Grasso, JA Álvarez, L. Sevillano Pires and J. Galan
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