Russia attacks Ukraine: Russian forces close on Kyiv

Reports of armoured columns heading for Kyiv as Russia’s invasion continues.

This lady is currently in Kyiv, Ukraine. She has been making videos since yesterday and says the city gets attacked constantly and this might be her last video.. We’re living in a nightmare. https://t.co/5mlRDEOKpa

— ipek (@ipeciliously) February 25, 2022

« At today’s meeting, the Uefa Executive Committee also decided that Russian and Ukrainian clubs and national teams competing in Uefa competitions will be required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice. »

The 2021/22 UEFA Men’s Champions League final will move from Saint Petersburg to Stade de France in Saint-Denis.

The game will be played as initially scheduled on Saturday 28 May at 21:00 CET.

Full statement: ⬇️

— UEFA (@UEFA) February 25, 2022

Russia’s defence ministry has just issued a statement maintaining that its troops are holding the Chernobyl nuclear plant in order to « protect it ».

Russian forces approaching Kyiv from northeast and east: Ukraine armyhttps://t.co/i2sqnv3v6Y pic.twitter.com/pjBK5zYKFv

— 🌎 Sarwar 🌐 (@ferozwala) February 25, 2022

It says it is doing so to ensure that « nationalistic groups and other terrorist organisations cannot use the situation in the country in order to stage a nuclear provocation ».

Russia also said that the levels of radiation in the plant’s surrounding area were normal and that staff were continuing to monitor levels of radioactivity.

Russian troops seized the notorious nuclear plant on Thursday – you can read more about its significance here.

Back-to-back explosions heard in Ukraine. Artillery shelling continues in Kyiv.

Times Network’s Maroof Raza and former diplomat Suresh Goel analyse the situation on ground in Ukraine#PutinEncirclesKyiv #PutinOnTheMarch

LIVE: https://t.co/PnafXxjR6E pic.twitter.com/exhTMaefrJ

— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) February 25, 2022

Elsewhere in the statement, Russia made various claims about its gains in the war, saying troops had advanced in Donetsk and Luhansk. It also said more than 150 Ukrainian troops had surrendered and that dozens of Ukrainian military infrastructure sites, weapons and vehicles had been destroyed.

This is a Russian armed vehicle has run over a car WITH A MAN INSIDE. North of Kyiv, #Ukraine.

President Putin’s spokesperson says the Russian troops need to « clear Ukraine on nazis ».#NoToWar #StopTheWar #StopPutin pic.twitter.com/SIlyohqTO6

— защищённая характеристика (@avtorka_) February 25, 2022

Ukraine’s armed forces, meanwhile, made their own competing claims in a Facebook post earlier, saying that they were holding the line in Donetsk and Luhansk where Russian troops had had « no success » and had also pushed back Russian troops in other areas.

It is important to note that neither side’s claims can currently be verified.

« There are no age restrictions. »It tells people if they face problems signing up, they just need to refer to this official tweet.

✅Офіційна заява Командувача Сил ТрО Юрія Галушкіна:

‼️Сьогодні Україні потрібні всі. Всі процедури приєднання до ТрО спрощені. З собою мати лише паспорт та ідентифікаційний код. Вікових обмежень немає.

Якщо у вас на місцях будуть проблеми, посилайтесь на цю офіційну заяву.

— Defence of Ukraine (@DefenceU) February 25, 2022

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