{"id":1340698,"date":"2022-02-25T07:22:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T12:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1340698"},"modified":"2022-02-25T07:22:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T12:22:48","slug":"kyiv-bombarded-by-rockets-overnight-reports-of-fighting-in-citys-suburbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kyiv-bombarded-by-rockets-overnight-reports-of-fighting-in-citys-suburbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyiv Bombarded by Rockets Overnight, Reports of Fighting In City&#039;s Suburbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkyiv-bombarded-by-rockets-overnight-reports-of-fighting-in-citys-suburbs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1340698&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The Ukrainian capital of Kyiv (Kiev) was hit by rocket strikes overnight, with reports of fighting in its suburbs claimed on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DmytroKuleba\/status\/1497058048430460934?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1497058048430460934%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php\">described<\/a> the rocket strikes on the capital as \u201chorrific\u201d, saying the city had not suffered such an ordeal since 1941 \u201cwhen it was attacked by Nazi Germany.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cUkraine defeated that evil and it will defeat this one. Stop Putin. Isolate Russia. [Sever] all ties. Kick Russia out of everything,\u201d he implored.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky made similar remarks when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/02\/25\/zelensky-ukraine-not-tired-missiles-are-helpless-against-our-freedom\/\">addressed the nation<\/a> early on Friday morning, saying Russia was operating military aircraft \u201ctreacherously over residential areas\u201d and had bombed Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>He told Ukrainians in his address: \u201cTerrible explosions in the morning sky over Kyiv, bombing, hitting a house, fire \u2014 all this reminds of the first such attack on our capital, which took place in 1941.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Despite the dramatic and tragic progress of Russia\u2019s invasion, an intelligence assessment of their actual military achievements so far by the British government claimed their successes have been limited.<\/p>\n<p>Britain\u2019s Secretary of State for Defence, Ben Wallace, said Friday morning in <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/ukraine-crisis-russia-has-failed-to-take-any-of-its-major-objectives-and-has-lost-450-personnel-defence-secretary-ben-wallace-says-12550928\">comments<\/a> to a British television network that \u201cOur assessment, as of this morning, is that Russia has not taken any of its major objectives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Noting that it was the belief of Britain\u2019s Ministry of Defence that \u201cthe Russians intend to invade the whole of Ukraine, the nonsense they were spouting about Donbas\u2026 were not honest claims\u201d, Wallace suggested that Russia is \u201cbehind its hoped-for timetable; they\u2019ve lost over 450 personnel\u2026 one of the significant airports they were trying to capture with their elite Spetznaz has failed to be taken.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Horrific Russian rocket strikes on Kyiv. Last time our capital experienced anything like this was in 1941 when it was attacked by Nazi Germany. Ukraine defeated that evil and will defeat this one. Stop Putin. Isolate Russia. Severe all ties. Kick Russia out of everywhete.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DmytroKuleba\/status\/1497058048430460934?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While details of the fighting in Ukraine are often confused and unclear, Western foreign correspondents\u2019 reports and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1Z5OZaBR_7c\">footage<\/a> aired by news outlets appear to show clear evidence of bombardment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>President Zelensky has said he remains in the capital, and that \u201cthe enemy has marked me as target number one\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey want to damage Ukraine politically by destroying the head of state,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>On Thursday, CNN broadcast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN\/status\/1496975508659384322\">footage<\/a> of Russian airborne forces at an airport close by to Kyiv, which they had apparently seized in order to establish a bridgehead for further troops, engaged in a firefight with Ukrainian counter-attackers.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s Ministry of Defence <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilWilliams\/status\/1496960286221377541\">claimed<\/a> later the same day that the airport had been recaptured and the\u00a0\u201cRussian airborne force eliminated\u201d \u2014 likely the same engagement Wallace referred to above \u2014 but the capital was evidently still under pressure as of Friday morning, with multiple reports indicating explosions and gunfire in its suburbs as of the time of publication.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;A very dramatic outburst.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CNN&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mchancecnn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mchancecnn<\/a> describes the intense firefight he witnessed at an airport outside Ukraine&#8217;s capital, Kyiv. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v2I2ULOVEO\">pic.twitter.com\/v2I2ULOVEO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CNN (@CNN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN\/status\/1496975508659384322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Patrick Reevell, a reporter on the ground in Kyiv for ABC, has described hearing the \u201csound of fighting, loud gunfire and explosions\u2026 Just a few miles north of Maidan [Square]\u201d in the city centre, sharing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reevellp\/status\/1497157132621393922\">video footage<\/a> to corroborate his claims.<\/p>\n<p>Reevell had earlier described \u201cseeing Ukrainian troops in very heart of Kyiv hurriedly moving with ammunition to set up defensive positions\u201d; an account <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CombatJourno\/status\/1497152647589212188\">matching<\/a> that of CNN\u2019s Tim Lister, who is said to have witnessed\u00a0\u201cUkrainian security forces leave[ing] the city police headquarters with weapons &#038; ammunition \u2014 apparently heading towards the northern district of Obolon, where fighting has been reported.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s Ministry of Defence, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/02\/24\/world\/russia-attacks-ukraine?smid=tw-nytimes&#038;smtyp=cur\">according<\/a> to <em>The<\/em> <em>New York Times<\/em>, has taken to\u00a0its official Facebook page to confirm fighting is underway \u201cin a district of northern Kyiv\u201d, and told residents to \u201cstay home and prepare Molotov cocktails.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Content warning\u00a0\u2013 graphic images:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20011810\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238746972.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20011810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238746972-1024x681-1.jpg\" alt=\"Kyiv\" width=\"990\" height=\"658\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Bodies of Russian servicemen wearing Ukrainian service uniforms lie inside and beside a vehicle after their raiding party was shot during a skirmish in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on February 25th, 2022. (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em><strong>This story is developing\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Jack Montgomery on Twitter:<\/span><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackBMontgomery\"><span>@JackBM<\/span><\/a><\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackBMontgomery\"><span>ontgomery<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ukrainian capital of Kyiv (Kiev) was hit by rocket strikes overnight, with reports of fighting in its suburbs claimed on Friday morning. 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