Russian forces closes in on Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, attacking by air and land, while Ukrainian Soldiers and civilians dug in to defend the Capital.
On Friday morning, Kyiv was under bombardment, with missile crashing into a residential building.
Ukrainian forces were battling Russian troops on the outskirts of Kyiv, a city of 2.8 million people.
Unfortunately, while repelling the Russian forces outside Kyiv, a Ukrainian female soldier, Iryna Tsvila was killed.
Lllia Ponomerenko tweeted: “Iryna Tsvila of Ukraine’s National Guards Rapid Response Brigade. She was killed repelling a Russian armored assault outside Kyiv”
This tweet of a Female Ukrainian Soldier killed while repelling a Russian armored assault outside Kyiv has attracted reactions online, as some have called her hero, while some felt heartbroken.