civilians scan social media for Russian advance

“We can say [que les forces russes] are at the gates of the capital, already because there is an airport only 30 km away which has been taken by the Russians. I heard two explosions, I can’t tell you where, there were none in the center of Kiev“, reports Thursday, February 24 Dorothée Olliéric, special correspondent in Kiev (Ukraine), for France Télévisions. “Right herecontinues the journalist, people are scanning social networks to know the progress of these Russians.”

The inhabitants fear the arrival in the center of Kiev of Russian tanks in the hours or days to come. “The atmosphere is very special, there is not yet panic this evening in the center. There is still a lot of dignity, composure and solidaritycontinues the journalist. For example, everyone exchanges the best addresses of bomb shelters. There is the one under the Kiev station (…), or the deepest metro station, 120 m underground. A way to reassure“, concludes Dorothée Olliéric.