I am wondering if the Mayor of Kyiv is speaking literally when saying that the city is "surrounded". We've been mapping out the Russian offensive, and it seems to me that areas southwest of Kyiv only saw sporadic clashes during Vasylkiv assault yesterday
I am not trying to minimize how dangerous the situation is, but saying that it is impossible to leave Kyiv and that "all ways are blocked" is a big deal for people there.
If any one want to pitch in regarding this, feel free.
Well this is getting weird. Now the Mayor of Kyiv says news that Kyiv is surrounded and that evacuation is impossible is false. He claims it was circulated by Russian outlets - but it came from an interview of him in AP!
I see some people mentioning thermobaric. This does not look like a thermobaric weapon to me and thermobaric weapons used by Russia are fired in volleys.
This rather compares to a Beirut blast-type explosion (which is not better). Lots of explosives detonated at once by an initial detonation.
The #Russian ministry of defense said that it will strike facilities belonging to the #Ukrainian security service, and the 72d center of special operations in Kyiv, claiming that those are responsible for cyber attacks.
The Russian ministry of defense is calling on residents of Kyiv living near these facilities to leave.
The #Russian Foreign Ministry says that a flight transporting a Russian delegation, headed by Sergei Lavrov, to Geneva was banned by Estonia and Poland
Ukrainian news outlet (UNIAN) reports that a fake recording of Zelensky stating that a surrender has been signed in Kyiv was aired in Kherson, in southern #Ukraine
Ukraine media outlet quotes a spokesperson for the territorial defense unit as saying #Belarusian forces have entered #Ukraine
Would consider this unconfirmed for now
This also posted on several official Ukrainian channels (parliament as a repost, and center for strategic communication). But they all quote this specific spokesperson, so this is unconfirmed.