The Russian Defense Ministry has announced about surrounding Kyiv from the west. The main forces of the airborne troops have joined Russia’s subdivisions in Gostomel, blocking Kyiv from the west.
“Yesterday, the troops have successfully landed in the area of Gostomel’s airport, which is 25 kilometers far from Kyiv”, the message says.
More than 200 Russian helicopters have participated in the operation. As the Russian Defense Ministry informs, during the capture of the airport, the military neutralized more than 200 nationalists of the Ukrainian special units, there are no victims and injures in the Russian Armed Forces.
The Russian servicemen promised not to hit the residential areas of Kyiv.