Shots heard in Kiev; Clashes reported outside Ukraine’s capital

Air raid alarms sounded in the city of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine to ask citizens to get into shelters

Explosions have been heard in the Ukrainian capital that, according to local authorities, are due to Russia trying to attack a thermal power plant, while in Vasilkov, some 37 kilometers from the city, a fierce battle is being waged, according to the Armed Forces.

Explosions in Kiev. What is known?” the Kyiv City State Administration wrote on its Telegram account.

He explained that the “enemy is trying to attack the CHP-6 plant near Troieshchyna ”, in the north of the capital.

“The Armed Forces give battle,” he said.

Air-raid alarms sounded in the city to ask citizens to get into shelters.

The combined heat and power plant CHP-6 is the most powerful combined heat and power plant in Ukraine.

There are also attacks near the Beresteiska metro station in the capital.

They are currently beating the military unit near the Beresteiska metro station, “the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine wrote on its Telegram account.

He added – citing the private television channel ICTV – that more than 50 shots were also heard and explosions were heard in the Shulyavka neighborhood and the Zoo in just ten minutes.

Also, 37 kilometers to the southwest, resistance continues in Vasilkov, where the Russians are trying to land paratroopers, the same source said.

“Heavy fighting is taking place in the city of Vasilkov, in the Kiev region, where the occupiers are trying to land a landing party,” the Armed Forces command said on its official Facebook account.

He indicated that at 01:30 in the morning, a Su-27 fighter of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “successfully attacked the IL-76 MD military transport aircraft of the Russian occupation forces and destroyed the enemy.”

Shortly before, the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, stated that tonight will be difficult, predicting that Russia will try to storm Kiev and other places.

“I can say with absolute honesty: tonight is going to be harder than the day. Many cities of our state are under attack: Chernigov, Sumy, Kharkov, Donbas, in the south. Particular attention to Kiev: you cannot lose the capital”, he told the Armed Forces in a new address to the nation published by his office on Telegram.

“Tonight, on all fronts, the enemy will use all available forces to break our resistance: vile, cruel and inhuman. Tonight they will assault”, he affirmed.

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