Kiev keeps its head held high despite the threat

Journalist Dorothée Olliéric is in duplex from Kiev (Ukraine), Tuesday March 8. She indicates that “the Ukrainians are ready to resist” and that “surrender is not an option for them”. Committed young Ukrainians told the journalist “that they were poorly trained, but that they were ready to join the front” and to “pass away” to defend their homeland.

On another side, “fear grows“in Kiev, as the encirclement becomes clearer.”Tanks are truly at the gates of the city, and that’s a promise of urban warfare, a promise of lots of civilian casualties and destruction“, reports Dorothée Olliéric. The population has in mind the example of Chechnya and the city of Grozny, which had been razed by the Russians. “Faced with this announced tragedy, no one lowers their heads or arms”concludes the journalist.