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Ukrainians are defending their homeland as the Russian attack mounts in intensity, photos show.
Many women and children have been evacuated to the West as Russia attacks Ukraine from land, sea, and air. Though over a million refugees have fled the country, those who are staying are determined to fight, as captured in striking imagery.
Staving off Russian advances sometimes means inflicting even more strategic damage. The Ukrainian front shelled its own bridge in Irpin on the outskirts of Kyiv to deter a Russian convoy from Belarus from making its way toward the capital.
But that didn't stop Ukrainian soldiers from traversing the muddy river on bent pipes.
Russian shelling has caused extensive damage to civilian areas, especially in the residential neighborhoods of Kyiv's suburbs. Below, a member of Ukraine's territorial defense surveys the remains of a home in suburb Gorenka on Wednesday after a round of Russian airstrikes. --->SEE and READ MORE HERE
Ukrainian forces are attacking the 40-mile-long convoy that is attempting to converge on the capital city of Kyiv, the chief of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine said.
“We are striking the enemy’s columns,” Brig. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov told Military Times on Wednesday. “We burn many columns of the enemy.”
“My intelligence officers and agents are directing and calling the strikes,” he said, adding that the forces are using Su-24 and Su-25 fighter jets, artillery, and missile barrages against Russian forces and equipment.
The convoy of Russian troops was roughly 15 miles from Kyiv, a senior defense official told reporters on Monday, and little had changed in that regard on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Russian troops specifically aiming to gain control of Kyiv, which includes the convoy, have been “stalled” as they face more resistance than they anticipated, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters during Wednesday’s briefing.
The defense official on Wednesday noted they had indications that Ukrainian forces are targeting the convoy in an attempt to prevent Kyiv’s falling. --->READ MORE HEREFollow links below to relevant/related stories:
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