Ukraine Invasion: Russian forces surrounds Ukrain capital.

 By: Manoah Kikekon 

Source: UK MoD/institute for study of war 

The Russian forces on Friday has continued to surround Kiev, Unkraine capital, civilians gave recount of the crime of Russian soldiers, forcing them from their homes and shooting at civilians.

Speaking with Aljazeera, Svitlana Dekhtiar said, the Russians had assured her and her family, along with other residents of her apartment complex, that they would not be harmed after the city is occupied.

“The Russians told us not to be afraid, they will not hurt us,”

“But they create conditions that are very frightening. We see that people who try to move out of the city by cars carrying their things are being shot at. We could see the front seat [of one vehicle] covered in blood.” She said.

Deckhtiar further told Aljazeera that her family flee leaving everything behind, after Russian troops captured the building they were hiding for days with little food and also shot at her.

“They said nothing to people whose apartments they occupy. To one person they said ‘just go to the basement’,” she recalled from a makeshift shelter in Kyiv.

“One neighbour wanted to come to his flat to take some clothes before evacuating but they did not allow him. He left with only his documents.” Deckhtiar said.

Mass evacuation of civilians was planned earlier this week but it was cancelled because Russian forces blocked several buses from moving out of Bucha.

The Bucha City Council told Aljazeera that it was “impossible to negotiate” with the “occupants”.

In some cases, Russian army forces people out of their basements with smoke grenades. A resident who asked to remain anonymous, told Aljazeera she saw 11-years-old boy killed by Russian army as they took the city.

Battle filled

Residents said, it had been a bloody battle with heavy casualties on both sides.

Ukraine forces had delivered a heavy blow on a portion of Russian tanks, but they had also sustained losses of their military equipment.

“In the streets of Bucha, there is a large column of destroyed Russian tanks,” Volodymyr told Aljazeera. “But close to our house there is a column of Ukrainian tanks also destroyed.”

He further said that Russian forces smashed people’s mobile phones and took their SIM cards.

“I asked them, ‘Guys what are you doing here? Everyone here is speaking Russian. Who are you trying to liberate?’ Many here are from Donbas, we came in 2014. They gestured to me that they had no idea,” he added.

 

Source: Aljazeera