VIDEO. Kiev, window on war

Cut off 300 meters from the presidential palace and the Parliament in the Ukrainian capital, a great reporter from the editorial staff of France Télévisions recounts his daily life. In the distance, sirens alert the population so that they can take refuge in shelters under buildings or in the metro. Residents are trying to flee the intensified bombardments and hope to be able to reach Western Europe. A massive exodus that leaves a city with almost deserted streets.

Checkpoints, roadblocks and curfews

Difficult to leave the hotel where he is entrenched, with 200 rooms now emptied of their tourists: he will not be able to escape the controls of the multitude of checkpoints installed in the city by the regular army, but also by popular militias . Indeed, many civilians armed themselves to defend their neighborhood. Their fear is to let infiltrated Russian agents in civilian clothes who would come to carry out sabotage. Dams are erected, in view of the fighting to come. Kiev is preparing for the onslaught…

A report by Christophe Kenck, Patrick Miette, Andrii Demchouk, Olivier Sibille, Audrey Le Narvor broadcast in “Special Envoy” on March 10, 2022, followed by a video interview with Vitali Klitschko, Mayor of Kiev.

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