Kyiv military administrator announces Russian military advance, destruction towards Ukraine’s seat of power

Suburbs to the west and east of Kyiv have come under Russian shellfire in recent hours, and it appears the Russian forces are capturing communities around.

Oleksandr Pavliuk, the head of the Kyiv regional military administration, said in a statement o Saturday that the western suburbs of Маkariv, Bucha and Irpin were under shelling and that the community of Bilohorodka had come under rocket attack and missile strikes.

Pavliuk added that Russian forces were entrenching in Bucha and another western suburb, Nemishaeve.

The latest report is coming hours  after Ukrainian President Volodymry Zelensky claimed his army had inflicted maximum damage on the invading Russians.