KYIV — The
Russian army said Monday that
Ukrainian civilians could “freely” leave the country’s capital Kyiv and claimed
its airforce dominated Ukraine’s skies as its invasion entered a fifth day.
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“All civilians in
the city can freely leave the Ukrainian capital along the
Kyiv-Vasylkiv highway.
This direction is open and safe,” Russian defense ministry spokesman Igor
Konashenkov said in televised remarks.
Vasylkiv is located to the southwest of Kyiv.
Konashenkov hinted that Russia was preparing to
target civilian areas of Kyiv, accusing Ukrainian troops of using civilians as
human shields.
He citing Ukraine’s advice to Kyiv’s citizens to
stay at home and observe a nighttime curfew as proof of his claim that
civilians were being used to shield “nationalists, who have placed artillery
detachments and military equipment in residential areas”.
He added that Kyiv had been overrun by “bands of
looters, robbers, and nationalists who have received weapons” from the
authorities.
Listing
Moscow’s
military advances, Konashenkov claimed that Russia’s aviation has superior air
power over the “entire territory of Ukraine”.
In Ukraine’s
southeast, Russian troops have taken control of the port city of
Berdyansk and
the city of Energodar, which has a large nuclear power plant, Konashenkov said.
Russian troops are guarding the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power
station, which is continuing to operate and the radiation levels are normal,
the military spokesman said.
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