‘We are successfully holding back the enemy,’ says Ukraine’s leader amid fierce fighting around the city
Russian troops continued to press their offensive against Kyiv as well as other cities across Ukraine on Saturday, as residents sought shelter in the capital’s metro and basements through a third day of fierce bombardment.
As Russian strikes continued to pound the capital, the country’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy refused a US offer to evacuate, insisting that he would stay. “The fight is here,” he said as street fighting continued largely around the edges of the city.
