tell us about those immediate and pressing dangerous. we are hearing about explosions and gunfire in the centre of kyiv. just about explosions and gunfire in the centre of kyiv centre of kyiv. just over my shoulder centre of kyiv. just over my shoulder on centre of kyiv. just over my shoulder on the centre of kyiv. just over my shoulder on the other- centre of kyiv. just over my shoulder on the other side l centre of kyiv. just over my. shoulder on the other side of centre of kyiv. just over my i shoulder on the other side of the centre of kyiv. just over my - shoulder on the other side of the he go rivera, officials say russian paratroopers were trying to land there. we have heard a slight crackle of gunfire over the past hour or so, crackle of gunfire over the past hour orso, but crackle of gunfire over the past hour or so, but there were other cities under attack. there has been reports of fighting in the kharkiv to the north east, as well as in the south east, mariupol. ther
banned russian warships in the black sea and volodymyr zelensky has thanked the turkish authorities for doing that. elliott, the turkish president spoke to volodymyr zelensky and is said to key is making efforts for an immediate ceasefire. we have heard that turkey has banned russian warships in the black sea and you can s president has thanked president erdogan for that. so where were the main areas of fighting around the capital overnight? there was said to be heavy fighting around the strategically important hostomel aerodrome outside kyiv. fires were burning along a section of the prospekt peremohy highway near central kyiv, a key road running east to west from the city s centre. there was also said to be heavy fighting near the vasylkiv air base, southwest of kyiv. and an apartment building near kyiv s airport was bombed, as we ve seen.
well, we re on the road to the capital kyiv and we ve just come across this convoy of ukrainian military vehicles. we ve been told that they were hit yesterday. they were obviously heading towards the capital to be part of the defence of the city when there was a russian missile strike. this is an air defence missile system. very, very few cars on the road this morning. we re making a careful approach to the city, checking the information as we go. reports coming out from kyiv talk of air strikes, talk of more sirens, people hiding in basements. it s crucial for moscow s plans to try to get control of the capital, but that may involve street by street fighting, and, so far, there is no indication that russian forces have managed to reach the centre of the city, though there are reports that they are in one of the suburbs
much longer it will take to get closer to the centre of and we are talking about a big area. to the centre of kyiv. and you re talking about west to east as well. yes. centre of kyiv. and you re talking about west to east as well. yes, and it has taken about west to east as well. yes, and it has taken them about west to east as well. yes, and it has taken them some about west to east as well. yes, and it has taken them some days - about west to east as well. yes, and it has taken them some daysjust . about west to east as well. yes, and it has taken them some daysjust to| it has taken them some days just to begin to encircle the city. they were fighting all the way through and suffering a logistic problem, thatis and suffering a logistic problem, that is not going to go awayjust because they reached the outskirts of kyiv now so that will continue all the way through the process and as you re showing on the screen, that s a long, long convoy, it s not going to change just becau
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. UK Ministry of Defence on Saturday said that the bulk of the Russian forces is now 30 kilometres from the centre of Ukraine s capital city of Kiev. World News | Bulk of Russian Forces 30km from Centre of Kiev: UK Defence Ministry.