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TASS: Russian Forces Have Blocked Kyiv From West

UKRAINE

Russia's state-run TASS reporting that Russian forces 'have blocked Kyiv from the west' according to the Russian Defence Ministry. TASS also reports that residential areas will not be subject to military attacks.

  • Comments come as Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko states that the city has entered into 'a defensive phase', with armed forces and ordinary citizens setting up defensive perimiters around the city.
  • CNN reports that US intelligence fears that Kyiv could fall to Russia 'within a day or four days'.

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