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The young reporters at the Kyiv Independent – Ukraine’s fledgling online English-language newspaper – have produced courageous journalism of frightening urgency
Russia just launched its biggest assault in months, going after many cities and civilian targets. It could be a major shift in the almost 8-month war.
Over a country of invading an area. what they're trying to do is isolate these cities and in particular isolate kyiv so they can decapitate the government of volodymyr zelenskyy. the problem so far for the russian military is ukraine, the ukrainian military, is fighting ferociously. they're fighting back. i can't really speak to what the citizenry is doing. i don't have a lot of fidelity on that. but according to officials who have been looking at a lot of intel, satellite imagery, they've been studying this, the ukrainian military is putting up quite a bit of a fight. you're seeing the differ...
Far. and he inspires courage and devotion and support from the ukrainian public. and his -- his determination remaining in kyiv and defending it to the last is really rallying people together, and i think he's been a leader worthy of the faith that ukrainians now place in him. >> yeah, and i think a couple of weeks ago, there were still people questioning whether that's the case. does he seem to have been growing into this job. we had one of our analysts say you're watching him age in front of you as he becomes a leader in a time of war. >> exactly. >> please stay safe, igor kossov from kyiv. ...
Russia warned residents that it was preparing to hit targets in the Ukrainian capital