The Ukrainian capital, based on its supplies of food, water, fuel and other vital goods, “will withstand a 10-day siege,” according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
He stressed that half of the population of the Kiev urban complex has left since the Russian invasion began.
“According to our information, one in two residents of Kiev has left the city. Today, just under two million inhabitants are here,” he told Ukrainian television.
“However, Kyiv has been turned into a fortress,” Klitschko said on the 15th day of the Russian invasion. “Every road, every building, every checkpoint has been fortified.”
At the same time, fierce fighting is taking place on the outskirts of Kiev between Ukrainian and Russian forces, with Russian tanks have reached the northeastern outskirts of the Ukrainian capitalwhich they threaten to encircle after they have already reached its northern and western suburbs.
Columns of smoke rise from the village of Skibin, a few hundred meters from the last dam of Ukrainian forces before the northeastern entrance to Kiev, according to the French Agency.
Ukrainian troops told AFP they had fought hard overnight to retain control of the last section of the highway before the capital, its main northeastern entrance.
Source: Capital
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