Kyiv's mayor: 'We are encircled' but full of fight

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As Russian troops draw closer to the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv’s mayor is both filled with pride over his citizens’ spirit and anxious about how long they can hold out. “Right now we are encircled,' he told the AP Sunday.

“We are hunting these people, and it will be much easier if nobody is on the street,” Klitschko explained, saying that six Russian “saboteurs” were killed Saturday night.“Ï just talked to the president . Everybody is not feeling so well,” Klitschko said, adding that the Ukrainian city government employees were in shock but not depressed. “We show our character, our knowledge, our values.”

In the last few days, long queues of people — both men and women — were spotted waiting to pick up weapons throughout the capital, after authorities decided to distribute weapons freely to anybody ready to defend the city. There are concerns, however, about arming nervous civilians with little military experience amid warnings of Russian saboteurs disguised as Ukrainian police or journalists.

“To be honest, we don’t have 100% control,” said Klitschko. “We built this territorial defense in a short amount of time — but these are patriotic people.”Responding to a question about the city’s capacity to replenish dwindling stocks of food and medicine, Klitscho’s view darkened, however. “We are at the border of a humanitarian catastrophe,” he said. “Right now, we have electricity, right now we have water and heating in our houses. But the infrastructure is destroyed to deliver the food and medication.”“That’s why the message for everyone is: Support Ukraine together ... We are strong,”he said. “Every Ukrainian is proud to be independent, proud to be Ukrainian, and we are proud to have our own country.

 

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Too funny that Bidens payoff is like FU Ukraine.

EU_Commission NATO Please help Ukraine. provide them weapons 🙏🙏

“Right now, the most important question is to defend our country” No, our first responsibility is ensuring survival and nurture of our family and those dear to us. This is not a Mongolian hoard and fight for survival of loved ones, it is a political game, not one to die for.

Ukraine has them right where they want them.

This is fake news from already denied by Kliczko as not true - very disappointed with speading this kind of bs

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THIS IS FAKE. pathetic garbage

KelvinHui86 You mean klitcko

He looks pretty bad ass to me, I don’t think Russians have any chance.

🙏🏻for you mayor and your brace people 🇺🇦🇺🇦🙏🏻🙏🏻

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