Here are some important maps showing where things stand in Ukraine
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Updated: 1:54 AM CDT Mar 16, 2022
there's been a lot of fighting today. Um it has been pretty much nonstop. It's actually quiet at this moment, but it's been pretty nonstop for most of the day. Um, a lot of what sounds like fierce battles with artillery going back and forth coming from that direction. Earlier on, we also heard a few explosions coming from this direction. We understand that those explosions were the result of Ukrainian air defense missiles being launched, um intercepting something, we don't know what exactly, but the the shrapnel that fell to the ground as a result of that being intercepted has led to some damage here. In the capital scenes of a city bus with a lot of damage and also a street not clear yet if there were civilian casualties, there were uh, some casualties earlier this morning when a Russian shell hit a residential apartment building. This is in a district or suburb called uh Babylon, which is actually not that far from the city center, it's just five stops or so on the metro underground. Remarkably, if you're looking at that video, um, only one person was killed in this attack, several others were injured and taken to the hospital. You can imagine how many people could have been killed. It's important for our viewers to remember though that a lot of people have already left this city. According to the mayor, some half of Kiev residents have already left the city because of the continued fighting here. And really also not just because of the fighting, but because of the fear that Russian forces are essentially trying to encircle the city and to cut it off, cut off all food supplies, all humanitarian aid, medicines, things of that nature. The mayor has also said that Kiev has enough food supplies to last roughly two weeks if that were to happen now. So far, uh Russian forces, you know, are sort of all around the top half if you will all the way over to the east, but the south is still relatively free in terms of moving in and out, so that siege may not be imminent. But Ukrainian authorities definitely believe it is the sort of key objective for Russian forces at this point.
Here are some important maps showing where things stand in Ukraine
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Updated: 1:54 AM CDT Mar 16, 2022
Under the command of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian forces have been pounding Ukrainian cities and creeping closer to the country's capital city of Kyiv.In the process, apartment buildings have been destroyed, a maternity hospital was bombed and many lives have been lost on both sides of the fighting. On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said barrages hit four multi-story buildings, killing dozens of people.Russian forces have captured the northern and eastern areas surrounding Kyiv, but have not been able to do the same with the areas south of the city.The map below indicates the direction of Russia's current advance on Kyiv. The red zones indicate areas seized by Russians, and the black dots are areas of reported fighting.Several surrounding areas of Kyiv have been seized by Russian forces and the arrows indicate different directions of advancement toward the capital city.The next map is an enhanced look at the city of Kyiv and its surrounding areas. The red dots on this map indicate strikes from Russia that were recently observed. It also includes a dotted red line that shows Ukraine's line of defense. The visuals on these maps show where things stand in Ukraine 鈥� and just how far Russia has gotten in its invasion. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Under the command of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian forces have been pounding Ukrainian cities and creeping closer to the country's capital city of Kyiv.
In the process, apartment buildings have been destroyed, a maternity hospital was bombed and many lives have been lost on both sides of the fighting. On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said barrages hit four multi-story buildings, killing dozens of people.
Russian forces have captured the northern and eastern areas surrounding Kyiv, but have not been able to do the same with the areas south of the city.
The map below indicates the direction of Russia's current advance on Kyiv. The red zones indicate areas seized by Russians, and the black dots are areas of reported fighting.
Several surrounding areas of Kyiv have been seized by Russian forces and the arrows indicate different directions of advancement toward the capital city.
The next map is an enhanced look at the city of Kyiv and its surrounding areas. The red dots on this map indicate strikes from Russia that were recently observed. It also includes a dotted red line that shows Ukraine's line of defense.
The visuals on these maps show where things stand in Ukraine 鈥� and just how far Russia has gotten in its invasion.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
