A curfew is in effect in the Ukrainian capital.
Igor Konasenkov, a spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, said on Monday that the civilian population was "free to leave" the Ukrainian capital on the highway leading southwest to Vasilkiv. The spokesperson also accused the Ukrainian leadership of using civilians as human shields. The city administration of Kyiv continued to call on the population to leave their homes only in the most necessary cases.
According to the call, street fights may occur in almost every district of the capital.
The city administration informed that the night passed in relative calm, apart from sporadic clashes. Shops are open in the morning and public transport is also working, although the subways run less frequently than usual. The curfew is still in effect between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.
Ukrainian sources denied that the Russian army had seized the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
Meanwhile, a curfew was also introduced in Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian military said in a statement on Monday morning that Moscow had "slowed down the pace of the offensive" on the fifth day of the attack. According to the Russian news agency Interfax, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that the Russian forces occupied two settlements - the port city of Bergyansk and Enerhodar - in the Zaporizhzhya region of southeastern Ukraine, as well as the areas around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and the nuclear power plant itself. Despite the military operations, the power plant is operating without disturbance, the Russian statement added. Ukrainian sources denied that the Russian army had seized the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
The Belarusian authorities have indicated that they are ready to receive the Ukrainian and Russian negotiating delegations. On Monday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Minsk published a photo on its Facebook page of a meeting room where members of the delegations are expected. According to news published on Sunday, the meeting will take place at a border crossing on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border. Meanwhile, the separatists in eastern Ukraine signaled that they had suspended general mobilization. Gyenyisz Pusilin, head of the "Donetsk Népköztásáság", said on Russian state television that the goal of the mobilization had been achieved,
the necessary areas were captured in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions with the help of Russian forces.
So now is the time to focus on "humanitarian issues".
(MTI)
Photo: MTI/AP/Efrem Lukacki
