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But somehow Ukraine's lionhearted soldiers held on: How the first night of the Battle for Kyiv unfolded
Ukraine's capital city Kyiv was subjected to a vicious onslaught overnight on Friday and into Saturday from Vladimir Putin's troops
President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the nation at midnight on Friday, warning his citizens that Putin intended to push for control of the capital
At 3am reports began emerging of fierce fighting in the south, as two IL-76s carrying Russian paratroopers were downed in separate incidents
Fighting in the north of Kyiv was then reported, as Ukrainian troops fought off a Russian attempt to seize control of a thermal power plant in Troieshchyna
The west of the city then became the focus, as another column of Putin's forces attacked - pushing towards the zoo, along Peremohy Avenue
As dawn broke just before 7am, Ukraine's armed forces tweeted that no major city had fallen to the Russians, and they had lost 3,500 troops
The battle was far from over, however: at 8am Ukraine's interior ministry was warning residents of Kyiv to stay indoors, amid street-by-street fighting
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-unfolded.html
Ukraine's capital city Kyiv was subjected to a vicious onslaught overnight on Friday and into Saturday from Vladimir Putin's troops
President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the nation at midnight on Friday, warning his citizens that Putin intended to push for control of the capital
At 3am reports began emerging of fierce fighting in the south, as two IL-76s carrying Russian paratroopers were downed in separate incidents
Fighting in the north of Kyiv was then reported, as Ukrainian troops fought off a Russian attempt to seize control of a thermal power plant in Troieshchyna
The west of the city then became the focus, as another column of Putin's forces attacked - pushing towards the zoo, along Peremohy Avenue
As dawn broke just before 7am, Ukraine's armed forces tweeted that no major city had fallen to the Russians, and they had lost 3,500 troops
The battle was far from over, however: at 8am Ukraine's interior ministry was warning residents of Kyiv to stay indoors, amid street-by-street fighting
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-unfolded.html