Back out on the streets of Kyiv this evening, a few thoughts on what I saw:
Firstly, I saw a few supermarket-branded commercial goods vehicles on the street, this suggests that some of the supermarkets and grocers may have been resupplied. Queues outside food shops however seem to be getting longer.
The atmosphere has shifted a bit. There are a lot more irregular forces on the streets now, and a lot more women carrying guns. They are joined by more regular forces on the streets now too, and more barricades.
There have been no air raids in the last few hours. I haven't heard any significant explosions in the vicinity of central Kyiv so far this evening, although this normally starts to happen later on in the night.
The final point is that the existing improvised barricades on the main streets of Kyiv are being reinforced with concrete and sand. I have seen several articulated lorries carrying these concrete blocks and sand driving through the streets of Kyiv.
These barricades are now being set up in more of the central areas. This suggests that Ukrainian authorities are preparing themselves for contact with the enemy in central Kyiv in the coming hours and days.
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