NEW YORK, March 12 — Satellite tv for pc photographs taken yesterday confirmed Russian army models had been persevering with to deploy nearer to Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and had been firing artillery towards residential areas, a US personal firm mentioned.
Maxar Applied sciences mentioned a number of properties and buildings had been on hearth and widespread injury and affect craters could possibly be seen all through the city of Moschun, northwest of Kyiv. Reuters couldn’t independently confirm the photographs.
Maxar mentioned one picture confirmed components of a Russian artillery battalion actively firing in a southeasterly path, a brilliant muzzle flash coming from one of many weapons. It mentioned it couldn’t affirm the battalion’s targets, however that the injury noticed in Moschun was about 7 km (4.3 miles) southeast of the artillery deployment.
One other picture confirmed lengthy strains of automobiles carrying individuals attempting to flee Kyiv, and one other confirmed that fires continued to burn at Antonov Airport.
Russian forces bombarded cities throughout the nation yesterday and gave the impression to be regrouping for a potential assault on Kyiv as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy mentioned his nation had reached a “strategic turning level” within the battle. — Reuters
