Earlier, Zelenskyy had warned that the night would bring “a full-scale storm.”
But as day broke the city’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, reported that despite a difficult night the “aggressor was neutralized” and there were no regular Russian troops in Kyiv
“The enemy is trying to break into the city,” he said in a video message posted online, and added that there were Russian sabotage and reconnaissance teams within its perimeter.
As of 6 a.m. local time, Klitschko said that 35 people had been injured, including two children. Across the country, the health ministry said that 198 people had been killed including three children, with more than 1000 injured. It later confirmed to NBC News that this number included only civilians.
Russia has not reported any deaths, but the Ukrainian government said Saturday that it had lost as many as 3,000 personnel, more than a dozen aircraft and 102 tanks. NBC News was not able to verify those numbers.
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