Ukraine-Russia latest news: Putin’s troops close in on Kyiv amid street fighting as Kremlin website goes down
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine’s armed forces had “derailed” Vladimir Putin’s plans to capture Kyiv.
Following intense fighting in Kyiv which saw an apartment building in the capital hit by a missile, president Zelensky remains defiant as he urged Ukrainians to defend the nation stating: “we will give you arms,” in a video address on Saturday.
“We’ve derailed their plan,” Mr Zelensky said. He added that Russians have deployed “missiles, fighters, drones, artillery, armoured vehicles, saboteurs, and airborne forces” against Ukraine and have hit “residential areas.”
Three children were among the 198 Ukrainians killed since Russia’s invasion began, Ukraine’s health minister said today.
Viktor Liashko said that 1,115 people were injured including 33 children, according to operation data.
“We have withstood and are successfully repelling enemy attacks. The fighting goes on,” Mr Zelensky said.
Russia were advancing on three Ukrainian cities on Saturday afternoon; Kyiv in the north, Kharkiv in the northeast and Kherson in the south.
The Kremlin’s website was down again on Saturday and a spokesperson said the site was being targeted by cyberattacks.
