8:05 a.m .: The noose is tightening on Kiev
What fate have the Russians planned for Kiev? A siege or a direct attack? The capital, whose only roads to the south remain clear, is increasingly surrounded by Russian soldiers, who destroyed the nearby airport of Vassylkiv on Saturday, according to the Ukrainians.
Present in the suburbs, the Russian troops are trying to neutralize the surrounding localities to “block” Kiev, according to the Ukrainian general staff, and the northwestern suburbs (Irpin, Boutcha) have been heavily bombarded in recent days.
The British Ministry of Defense estimates that Russian forces were 25 kilometers from the capital on Saturday and that a column north of the city had dispersed, reinforcing the idea of a siege.
