Kyiv

Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko remarked that the situation in Kyiv was under control by the units of Ukraine's Armed Forces of Ukraine and territorial defense forces, but at night, there were skirmishes and shootings with the occupiers' sabotage and recon groups.

In the small hours of 28 February, the fifth day of the Russian invasion, Russian forces continued their attempts to break through Kyiv's defences. Their assault continues to be unsuccessful, as the situation in the capital remains under firm control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The State Special Communications Service of Ukraine reports that explosions are heard again in Kyiv and Kharkiv.

Ukrainian actress and public figure Rimma Zubina calls on the residents of Kyiv to maintain composure and act responsibly once the curfew is lifted on Monday.

Ukraine’s capital continues to defend itself: there are currently no Russian troops in Kyiv, but the fight against subversive units continues.

DENYS KARLOVSKY - SUNDAY, 27 FEBRUARY, 2022, 14:31

Kyiv mayor Vitaliy Klytschko stated that since 24 February, more than 20 people have been killed and 106 people sustained injuries because of the hostilities in the city.

Source : Klitschko 's Facebook page

Alyona Mazurenko — SUNDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 2022, 12:42 PM

A convoy of Russian military vehicles marked with the letter “V” is moving from Dmytrivka to Zabuchchia, to the southwest of Kyiv.

IRYNA BALACHUK — SUNDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 2022, 07:09

In the capital, a sabotage and reconnaissance group (SRG) of the enemy shot a family with three children. Both adults and one child were killed.

Anastasia Kalatur - Sunday, February 27, 2022, 03:41

Russian projectiles hit a radioactive waste disposal site of the “Radon Association'' Kyiv branch. There is no threat to the population according to preliminary estimates.

Source: State Nuclear Regulatory Inspection of Ukraine (SNRIU) on Facebook citing the company's staff

IRYNA BALACHUK — SATURDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2022, 10:06 PM

Since the beginning of the Russian military attacks on Ukraine, 14 military people and fighters of territorial defense forces, and 6 civilians were killed. 71 people were wounded; 25 out of these were civilians.

The curfew in Kyiv will last from 17:00 on Saturday, February 26, to 8:00 on Monday, February 28.

Starting from February 26, Kyiv imposes updated curfew times from 5 pm to 8 am.

On 26 February, a bridge near the village of Stoyanka was blown up on the Kyiv-Zhytomyr highway.

35 people, including two children, were injured by enemy combat operations in Kyiv as of the morning of February 26.

Kateryna Tyschenko – Saturday, 26 February 2022, 09:05

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba demands that the world completely isolate Russia after its missile hit an apartment building in Kyiv.

Source: Kuleba on Twitter

Olena Roschyna – Saturday, 26 February 2022, 09:04

Herman Galuschenko, Ukraine’s Minister of Energy stated that the country’s armed forces protected the Kyiv hydroelectric power plant (HPP) from the Russian occupiers, and that the HPP it is working again.

Source: Galushchenko and the Ministry of Energy on Facebook

Saturday, 26 February 2022, 08:36

Russian missile hit an apartment building at 6-A Lobanovs’kogo Avenue in Kyiv.

Source: State Emergency Service

Details: State Emergency Service confirmed this information.

Saturday, 26 February 2022, 06:08

Shots are heard, street fighting continues in the central part of Kyiv.

Sources: Ukrayinska Pravda, eyewitnesses, Suspilne

Details: Shots fired from assault rifles are heard in the vicinity of ​​​​Peremohy Square, the railway station, and Bohdan Khmelnitsky Street.

Saturday, February 26, 2022, 02:45

The explosions in the Troieshchyna district of Kyiv are an attempt by the Russians to destroy thermal power plant TPP-6.

Source: Ukrainska Pravda interlocutor in the command of the Armed Forces

Kateryna Tyshchenko - Friday, February 25, 2022,10:40 pm

The National Guard exposed a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance unit (SRU) in Kyiv operating under the guise of a territorial defense unit.

Source: National Guard of Ukraine

FRIDAY, 25 FEBRUARY, 2022, 8:43 P.M.

The mayor of Kyiv stated that the situation is threatening for Kyiv: this night will be very difficult.
Source: Klitschko's address

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2022, 2:23 P.M.

Kyiv has entered the defense phase, the situation is difficult, the enemy wants to destroy the capital.
Source : Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko at a briefing

Kyiv municipality is calling on the residents of Obolon district not to go in the streets as hostilities are imminent.

KATERYNA TYSCHENKО — FRIDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 2022, 10:52

There is fighting near Kyiv around the settlements of Gostomel, Vorzel and Bucha.

Source: Oleksiy Arestovich, advisor to the head of the Office of the President, at a press briefing on Friday
Ad verbatim: "The greatest danger is now developing from the direction of Dymer-Ivankov, this is northwest of Kyiv. Fighting is already going on there now in the areas of Gostomel, Vorzel and Bucha."

Friday, 09:45

The Russian military seized two Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) vehicles, rushing into the center of Kyiv, followed by a convoy of Russian trucks. As of 9:45, the trucks have already been disarmed.
Source: Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar on Facebook, AFU Ground Forces

In the morning of February 25, the subway in Kyiv is working in transportation mode and as a shelter - many people descended in the stations to take cover from possible shelling.

Source: Subway on Twitter, UP correspondent from the scene

Subway announcement ad verbatim: "Dear passengers! The subway is operating normally. Due to organisational reasons, the red line runs to "Shulyavskaya" station. We would like to remind you that the entrance to the station is free.”

Details: At a number of stations on the right bank, people took shelter to wait out possible shelling.

Friday, 25 February 2022, 07:12

Air raid alarms have been turned on in Kyiv, and the city administration is urging everyone to find shelter in the subway or in a bomb shelter.

Source: Telegram of the Kyiv City State Administration.

Friday, 25 February 2022, 06:05

Russian troops that are advancing towards Kyiv from the [Chernobyl] Exclusion Zone, were stopped near the town of Ivankiv, where Ukraine’s defense forces have blown up a bridge.

Source: UP’s contacts in the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.