During the night from Saturday to Sunday, the anti-aircraft alarm sirens sounded again in Kiev, which has become a ghost town with a curfew introduced until Monday at 8 a.m. Russian forces “continue their offensive to lock down Kiev” after having “completed their regrouping” on the northern front, for its part affirmed the Ukrainian army on Saturday evening. The Kiev metro is at a standstill and serves as ” refuge “ anti-aircraft to the inhabitants.
Strikes also hit an oil depot near Vassylkiv, about thirty kilometers southwest of Kiev, causing a huge fire, as well as a gas pipeline in Kharkiv. The Russian army was ordered on Saturday to expand its offensive in Ukraine, “in all directions”.