Kyiv March 7 2022: Ukrainian defence officials have warned that Russia is preparing its forces to launch an all-out assault on the capital of Kyiv.
An update by the Ukrainian army’s General Staff said Moscow’s forces had started to gather resources for an attack on the city, with tanks and motorised infantry units advancing towards the nearby town of Irpin to lay the groundwork.
The update added that Russian commanders had been supplying their forces with fuel shipped from Belarus through the Chernobyl exclusion zone.
Elsewhere, officials reported that the Russian military was focusing its efforts on encircling the eastern cities of Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy and the southern city of Mykolayiv.
