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Pentagon: Russian forces are trying to move closer to Kyiv but are still outside city center

01 March 2022 00:15 (UTC +04:00)

Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said the Russian forces are trying to move closer to Ukraine's capital of Kyiv, but still are outside of the city center, APA reports citing CNN.

"But clearly we continue to see Russian forces move on — or try to move closer to so they can move on Kyiv from the ground," Kirby during a briefing at the Pentagon on Monday. "We still assess that they're outside the city center, and but, what we know clearly, that they have intentions with respect to Kyiv."
Ukrainians are “resisting quite effectively around Kyiv,” Kirby added. “They’ve made it a tough slog for the Russians to move further south.”

Kirby could not say specifically that a Russian convoy that has been seen on satellite imagery is headed for Kyiv, but he said “it clearly appears to, just anecdotally, as just a piece of their desire to continue to move on the capital.”