How fear of bombing kept residents awake all night

The tension in Kyiv was escalated as fears of bombing gripped residents of the capital city, forcing them to be awake all night. The Russian forces had on Monday bombed the government headquarters in Khakriv, and proceeded to strike the television tower in Khyiv, cutting off broadcasting in the city. The Russian forces, thereafter, issued a warning of air strike on Kyiv’s government areas, urging residents to leave the city. This accelerated the fear of an all-out assault on Kyiv with a population of 2.8 million people.

A US firm, Mazar, on Tuesday released a satellite footing showing images of a 65-kilometre (40-mile) length of armoured vehicles and artillery convoy of the Russian forces moving north of Kyiv.

President Volodymyr Zelensky had applied for European Union (EU) membership in search of foreign support to halt Russian invasion of Ukraine. The President insisted that “the key priority for the state” now is to defend the city of Kyiv and protect the sovereignty and liberation of the country.

It was gathered that makeshift barricades have been made on the streets, while residents formed long queues outside the few shops that remained open to buy basic essentials in Kyiv.

A citizen, Natasha, 51, was said to have opened a canteen in the local church in the village of Shaika near Kyiv, to feed soldiers and volunteers. She decried: “the shelling and the bombing kept us up all night.”

The movement increased the fear of more air strikes in Kyiv. The people are crying of help from the world.