02-26-2022, 03:42 PM
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I've been monitoring wide-band radio and there were some reports that didn't seem believable, but pointed to the BBC for more info, so I went there and, apparently Russia wanted to get this whole thing done much quicker, but they are meeting up with forceful Ukrainians. and I'm seeing that the city of Kiev is getting ready for an enormous onslaught that is supposed to happen within the next hour or so. From the BBC live coverage:
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-60517447
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Battle for Kyiv set to begin
Lyse Doucet
Chief International Correspondent, reporting from Kyiv
Tonight, at this midnight hour, stark warnings sound of an imminent onslaught against the heart of Kyiv.
“In 30-60 mins #Kyiv will be under attack never seen before. #Russia will hit us with all they have,” tweeted MP Lesia Vasylenko.
Air-raid sirens have pierced the darkness, amplified by warnings in buildings and neighbourhoods for residents to immediately take to shelters. This is already a city where life has dropped underground, to basements, bomb shelters, and metro stations-turned-bunkers. A strict curfew is in force until 8am on Monday.
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There’s been a chilling quiet these last three days in the heart of Kyiv. An eerie stillness on emptied streets has been shattered by occasional crackles of gunfire, a thud of artillery and a thunder clap when missiles land in the distance, on the edges of a beleaguered capital.
A Russian invasion, now at the end of its third day, has seemed to stall on the edges of the city in the midst of concerted Ukrainian resistance – soldiers guarding city gates, civilians taking up arms, even taunting Russian soldiers as they advance in their tanks and armoured vehicles.
Reports from Moscow in recent hours spoke of orders to advance on the city “from all directions.”
In the dead of a Kyiv night, there’s an ominous sense that the battle for this city is about to be unleashed.
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Last edited by rostasi; 02-26-2022 at 04:05 PM.
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