The leader makes this appeal as the Ukrainian army and Russian forces clash on Saturday for control of the capital.
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“I’m here. We’re not going to lay down our arms and we’re going to defend our country.” This is what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video address published on Saturday February 26 on Facebook. The leader makes the call as the Ukrainian army and Russian forces clash in Kyiv for control of the capital.
Two days after the launch of an invasion of the country ordered by Vladimir Putin, fighting took place in the capital on Victory Avenue, one of the main arteries of the city. “In Kiev, heavy fighting continues. The Ukrainian army pushes back Russian saboteurs”, said, on the night of Friday to Saturday, the Ukrainian Special Communications Service. On Facebook, the Ukrainian army said for its part that it destroyed a column of five Russian military vehicles, including a tank, near the Beresteiska metro station, located on Victory Avenue, in the north-west of the capital. Earlier, Ukraine’s Special Communications Service claimed that Russian forces were trying to attack a power plant in Troieshchyna district, northeast of Kyiv.
Residents of the town have been told to stay in their shelters or, if they are at home, to stay away from windows. The anti-aircraft siren was also triggered at dawn in Kharkiv, a large city in eastern Ukraine near the Russian border, according to the Special Communications Service.