Russia Escalates Assault On Kyiv As Civilians Try To Escape



Ukrainian forces blew up a bridge to slow the Russian advance, which is making the evacuation of civilians from Kyiv more difficult. As Ukrainians try to escape, Russian troops are firing upon them. A disturbing video shows a rocket strike that killed at least four people, three from one family.

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44 comments

  1. Menyerahlah jelenski jangan korbankan rakyat Ukraina demi keegoisan anda

  2. 100,000 children refugees 💔

  3. Зеленський з народом, а Путін ховається у своєму бункері під Кремлем. Слава Україні!🇺🇦

  4. It is incredibly heartbreaking in war, especially with innocent people who are really just trying to escape. I have seen photos from the east as well that are horrifying and interviews that convey so much pain that we cannot imagine sitting from the comfort of our homes.

    That said, we need to look at nuance.

    Iraq's population was 23million in 2000 and they had 1.2 million casualties. Ukraine's population is 43 million, nearly double that amount. Civilian casualties are significantly lower. If civilian deaths were intentional on the grand scale, as they say, it would be a different story. That is NOT to say that it's impossible that individual soldiers fired carelessly or indiscriminately, but civilians are not the target. Each case has to be investigated individually. Unfortunately, with the civil mess in Ukraine also, it is impossible not to have casualties. This is why any sane person is against war.

    But it also makes zero sense for Russia to fire at fleeing civilians. Think about it. How would Russia benefit from this exactly? And also, if it wanted to do so, why didn't it just carpet bomb absolutely everything and everyone from Day 1? It would have saved an enormous amount of time but also countless Russian soldiers' lives.

    I'm not discounting that there could be hateful individuals in Russia's army who are capable of this, but I highly doubt this is a national order. Too much does not make sense. I'm truly sorry. I do not condone this invasion. It tugs at the heartstrings (as it should, for anyone with humanity left in them) but too many things do not add up with the mainstream media narrative.

  5. Killing civilians plan input kgb agent only choice to thought giveup sooner its not complete due scheduled. Reclaimer lander find location destroy arms vehicles.

  6. I got a question? Does Ukrainian Lives Matter? U L M.
    Seems to me Ukrainian lives don't matter just like in America also in Ukraine Black Lives don't matter what goes around comes around,the whole world will experience this. Prepare yourself
    SHALOM. I'm.Yahudah🕎

  7. You hypocrites didnt show and still refuse to show and report on the slaughter when your government was and still is bombing Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Eritrea, Somalia and tons of other places,,,, but now you are racing to report on Russia so you can easier justify why your government should sale billions and billions of dollars weapons to Ukraine to defend itself ,,,,, this American War cycles and global terror just keeps repeating itself, now after Syria and Ukraine lets se where you gonna start the next war

  8. Talk about how the Ukrainians have been not allowing the Africans and Middle Easterns the same refuge.

  9. What you are witnessing is the same tactics Putin used in Syria.

    See the picture now?

  10. Mainly because of this kind of news reporting. So many more will die because you need the drama for ratings. Maybe tell them what is actually coming. It could save lives

  11. Turn off the volume. Just watch with your own voice

  12. The Russians are getting annihilated

  13. The only thing i get from this report is that Ukraine military is using Civilians as meat shields
    No one in their sound mind gets out in middle of a fighting and choose to evacuate, there is no choice to be made other than hunker down and wait, this tells me that either they were not evacuated or made to evacuate to make Ukrainian Troops disposition.
    War is messy deal, but Ukraine has been proven to use Civilians as leverage, Similar to their treatment of Foreign nationals fleeing the country,

  14. Arent those demands always the demands? They want the Donbas and Crimea recognized— also NATO outside their backyard. However, this war showed Ukraine that they need NATO now more than ever.

  15. Hey fake news what happened to covid ?

  16. pay the actors more.. its the Ukraine nauzi army killing civilians trying to leave with there fathers and son and daughters at the checkpoints…nauzi funded by USA UK EU Nato antichrist agendas on humanity trying to place bombs in Ukraine to attack Russia.. slava Russia 🇷🇺

  17. This is an attack against nato not just the ukraine. This is likely the start of ww3. It all depends on how far putin goes but so far it looks bad. The fool in belarus leaked images of plans to invade another country. This wont stop at the ukraine unless putins taken out. Come on black ops guys and just take the shot without authorization. Do the world a solid…

  18. Zelinsky keep asking and pushing for nuclear WW3??

  19. But every time I keep saying take no more Russian prisoners execute on site I’m not wrong #KillEverySingleRussianSoldier

  20. Democrats desperately trying to twist the narrative and distract America from what a mess they are making of our country and the world

  21. I don’t want oil sanctions sorry I can’t live on oil sanctions

  22. War drums machine just like Propaganda media on ILEGAL war in Iraq

  23. 在我看来,欧盟国家应该勇敢地面对现实,即使俄罗斯威胁要使用核武器,也应该允许乌克兰国家通过“特别准入”程序加入欧盟。那么乌克兰应该很快就会有一个禁飞区。如果不是这样,下次俄罗斯入侵和攻击欧洲任何一个国家,如果同样的受到俄罗斯核武器的威胁,欧盟是否会再次放弃与该国人民一起对抗俄罗斯军队?

    换句话说,如果欧盟要把乌克兰带入欧共体,就是现在,就是这个时候,不能耽误一秒钟。不是在乌克兰国家被俄罗斯完全占领后制定一些条约和政策,而是现在帮助他们。不仅仅是你的弹药,还有你的军队,你的飞机。

    否则,请不要给乌克兰人民留下一些美好的想象,请直接告诉乌克兰和世界人民:我们欧盟不接受乌克兰国家加入欧共体。

    最后,我希望,为了减少俄罗斯和乌克兰双方的伤亡,保护乌克兰的妇女和儿童,我希望欧盟在“特别接纳”的框架内,以闪电般的速度,让乌克兰国家加入欧洲共同体。不是你没有看到,也不是没有听到,那里的人,包括妇女和儿童,已经被屠杀,许多人濒临死亡,城市处于毁灭的边缘。

    我为你设计了它,欧盟旗帜。谢谢! 雪山浪子 06.03.2022

    In my opinion, EU countries should be brave enough to face reality and should allow Ukrainian countries to join the EU community through the "special admission" procedure, even if Russia threatens to use nuclear weapons. Then there should be a no-fly zone over Ukraine soon. If not, the next time Russia invades and attacks any of the countries in Europe, like this time, if it is threatened with nuclear weapons, will the EU give up again against the Russian army with the people of this country???

    In other words, if the EU is going to bring Ukraine into the European Community, it is now, this is the moment, and it cannot be delayed for a second. Not to make some treaties and policies after the Ukrainian country is completely occupied by Russia, but to help them now. Not just your ammunition, but your armies, your aircraft.

    Otherwise, please don't leave some beautiful imaginations for the Ukrainian people, please tell people in Ukraine and the world directly: We in the EU do not accept the Ukrainian country into the European Community.

    Finally, I hope that in order to reduce the casualties of both Russia and Ukraine and to protect the women and children of Ukraine, I hope that the EU will use a lightning-fast resolution, in the framework of "special admission", to allow the Ukrainian country to join the European Community. It's not that you haven't seen, or haven't heard, the people there, including women and children, are already being slaughtered and many are on the verge of dying, and the city is on the verge of destruction.

    I have designed it for you, the EU flag. Thanks! Der verlorene Sohn des Schneebergs 06.03.2022

  24. Nah, american media…who still beleives you?

  25. His demands are getting less and less pretty soon he'll be giving part of Russia to get out of it

  26. Putin has got to be punished.

  27. Boring news why can't tell to the world who is the traitor that cause of all this in Ukraine !!!! Tell the world who is the traitor is the america

  28. Russia can deploy far more troops, just because you start the war with a certain amount, doesnt mean thats all you can afford. Ukrainians better run, like america did in Afghanistan.

  29. May the Virgin of Vladimir who protected Moscow in World War II, now protect Kyiv and all Ukraine. May she, together with St Michael and all the angels, protect the skies, countryside and seaways of Ukraine. May she bring healing, protection and peace to all and guide and protect Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his leadership team.

  30. So sad but the corruption in Ukraine and Hunter Biden are the main things that caused this.

  31. NBC = Lies, lies, lies

  32. Grab a rifle and fight Lester. Since you love those Caucasians so much. 😵🧐🤧
    Those three were just napping. They'll get up in a few minutes.

  33. Don't care..Racist people.

  34. I am totally ashamed to be apart of NATO. Thier cowardace is inexcusable!! NATO just watch on as children run for thier life and then get bommed.. Thier blood is on all western countries… You'll need to fight Putin. Some time you coward's. May as well be now…

  35. People, governments USA, UK, Deutschland, EU countries should immediately close the sky over Ukraine. Now and immediately.

  36. 😭 the poor innocent children GOD PLEASE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM

  37. The demands for end of hostilities is unacceptable, but it does show how bad it's going for Russia. The fact that they are backing off from several demands show that Putin is looking for a way out as well.

  38. blame your president zelensky,this is hes fault

  39. Richard, you are very brave. Please get out of there ASAP. Once the refugee corridor is closed, people who stay will be considered as combatants by the Russian army. They will then initiate heavy bombardment to wipe out resistance as much as they can, this way they can minimize their own causality. Similar tactics were applied by the American troops in the middle east.

  40. semoga perang cepat berakhir,,,

  41. Putin receive his karma.his city's be destroyed

  42. ya know….oil getting mentioned alot…and biden wants to transition…away from oil…republican traitors always love 2 thing…war and oil…cause war burns alot of oil…kinda like kuwait…funny huh?