New York Times visual investigator Evan Kill passed along this compilation of verified footage of the Saturday-morning strike itself, as well as the aftermath:Ĥ1/ Videos and photos verified by the Times showed a residential building struck by a missile in southwestern Kyiv, about 1.5 miles from Sikorsky Memorial Airport, on Saturday morning. Missile strikes an apartment tower in Kyiv PStLyMzAR4- Dan Peleschuk February 26, 2022 Reuters filed a report on that family’s heartbreaking story.Īs civilians in Kyiv and elsewhere spend another night huddling in bomb shelters, spare another thought for the tens of thousands of Ukrainians fleeing across the border to uncertain futures-often in miserable and harrowing all-day/night ordeals. REUNITED AT THE BORDER: A Ukrainian mother is seen crying as she embraces her son and the stranger who brought her kids across the border to Hungary on Saturday, after her husband was forced to hand over their children and stay in Ukraine to fight. 85xXBtNNrO- Piotr Zalewski February 26, 2022 Thousands of people, mostly Poles and Ukrainians living in Poland, waiting for family and friends arriving from Ukraine volunteers handing out clothes, food, and SIM cards, offering free transport and accommodation. Scenes from the Polish border with Ukraine. Only a handful of customs officials to process people. Behind them, a line of cars 30 miles long. Thousands were pushing to cross to safety. Since Russia’s invasion began, more than 150,000 people have attempted to flee across Ukraine’s western border to Poland, Hungary, Moldova, Slovakia, and Romania.Ī horrible scene at the Medyka border crossing between Ukraine and Poland. Scenes from the western border, where countless civilians have fled Renewed fighting on l Kyiv's right bank /fw42Q6Z7Nk- Christo Grozev February 26, 2022 Intense fighting in and around Kyiv on Saturday night G14rgjMr9I- Kevin Rothrock February 27, 2022 This was *NOT* a nuclear blast, though the explosion created a mushroom cloud. Ukraine’s State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection says part of a gas pipeline was destroyed in Kharkiv. Z9dCcn200C- Patrick Reevell February 26, 2022Ī gas pipeline in Kharkiv, in northeast Ukraine, was also reportedly struck on Saturday night: dofjtSIenF- Christopher Miller February 27, 2022īig blast and then massive fire on the horizon to the south of Kyiv. Confirmed by city mayor and central government authorities who are advising people to close their windows because of toxic smoke. Russian missile strikes in Vasylkiv just south of Kyiv caused an enormous fire at an oil depot. Below are more scenes from inside as the country as the war rages on (some of this footage is disturbing).Īn oil depot in the city of Vasylkiv was reportedly targeted by Russian missile strikes on Saturday night, resulting in an enormous fire which could be seen on the horizon from Kyiv, nearly 20 km away to the north. It is meanwhile impossible to confirm how many casualties there have been among Ukrainian and Russian forces. Ukraine’s health minister said Saturday that nearly 200 Ukrainians had been killed in the fighting, and 1,000 injured. As the Washington Post reported Saturday, it is thus far difficult to determine the scale of the bloodshed. As of Saturday night, Russian forces are still reportedly facing stiff resistance, but the battle for Kyiv is intensifying. Startling footage continues to emerge from Ukraine, where Ukrainian forces are attempting to repel Russia’s ongoing invasion. Kyiv residents took shelter to the sound of explosions as Ukraine’s army said it had held back an assault on the capital but was fighting Russian “sabotage groups” which had infiltrated the city. On Saturday, Russia ordered its troops to advance in Ukraine “from all directions” as the Ukrainian capital Kyiv imposed a blanket curfew and officials reported 198 civilian deaths. Damage to the upper floors of a building in Kyiv on Saturday after it was reportedly struck by a Russian rocket.
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