In what is turning to be the biggest warfare in Europe since World War II Russia has attacked Ukraine on all fronts on sea, land and air.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy renewed assurances that the country’s military would stand up to the Russian invasion and said that claims that the Ukrainian military would put down arms were false.
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“We aren’t going to lay down weapons. We will protect the country,” he said. “Our weapon is our truth, and our truth is that it’s our land, our country, our children. And we will defend all of that.”
Vitali Klitschko, Kyiv’s mayor, said on Saturday that Russian troops had so far been prevented from entering the city by Ukrainian forces that included military police, national guards and volunteers.
“Now subversive groups are acting in Kyiv, there were several clashes, firefights,” he said.
The street clashes followed Russian strikes that pummelled bridges, schools and apartment buildings.
A missile that struck a residential building in Kyiv on Saturday did not kill anyone, an adviser to the interior minister said. Anton Herashchenko also said Russia was lying about not shelling civilian infrastructure. According to the adviser, at least 40 such sites had been hit and Russian troops were shelling civilian sites.
It was unclear how many people overall had died in the largest ground war in Europe since World War II.
Health Minister Viktor Lyashko said on Saturday that 198 Ukrainians, including three children, have been killed during the Russian invasion. A further 1,115 people have been wounded, including 33 children, he wrote on his Facebook page.
His statement did not make it clear whether the figures included both military personnel and civilians.
