Desperate battle to flee Kyiv: Thousands fight to get on trains out of capital as 15,000 Russian troops and 40-mile convoy close in on Ukraine capital after Putin warned them 'leave or DIE' – with UN saying scores of civilians are dead

Daily Mail ^ | March 1st, 2022 | By Chris Jewers

[Mariner]

A video has shown people's desperate bid to flee Kyiv overnight on Tuesday as explosions struck residential areas and as many as 15,000 troops - an entire Russian army division - bore down on Ukraine's capital.

Footage from Kyiv station showed hundreds of civilians, some with young children, trying to cram onto an already packed train amid fears that the city could soon be turned into a war zone.

Air strikes rocked residential suburbs of the capital on Tuesday night as a 40-mile long convoy of Russian military vehicles inched closer, with fears that President Vladimir Putin's troops will soon lay siege to the city.

Another convoy was reported to be moving towards Kyiv from the south-east, with plans to encircle it.

[Mariner]

"Although Ukrainian forces have slowed Russia's advance and still control Kharkiv and the coastal cities of Kherson and Mariupol, all three are encircled, according to the U.K. Ministry of Defence."

[rktman]

Did biDUHn give putin a cornpop call out tonight?

[Fido969]

Putin is trying to avoid civilian casualties.

There is collateral damage. Even the US killed dozens of civilians on drone strikes in Afghanistan.

[Tzimisce]

Who should we believe?

A bunch of antisocial maniacs who hate us? Or the Russians?

[SaxxonWoods]

By the way, a friend follows the fleet on a Navy website. Says we have 4 Strike Groups hanging out south of Japan. Nimitz and Vinson are in port changing personnel and planes.

[Persevero]

So much for the line that Russia has taken on more than it can manage.

I don’t have a dog in this fight. I feel very sorry for all the suffering.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Am watching Laura and she just said that a city in Ukraine(not sure of the name) is now controlled by Russian forces

[Texan4Life]

Interesting take on Putin and Bible prophecy being fulfilled from Pat Robertson Monday.
It’s in the first 10 minutes of the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K91uzwDcYAs

[MinorityRepublican]

Putin can order 15,000 Russian troops into Kyiv but how many will leave the city alive?

[chemical_boy]

Kerson probably

[wildcard_redneck]

Put the Russians are out of gas and are all dead! How can this be happening?

/sarc

[Sarah Barracuda]

yeah not sure I heard her mentioning it but didnt catch the name of the city

[SaxxonWoods]

“Putin can order 15,000 Russian troops into Kyiv”

From what I’ve read they are encircling cities, controlling ingress/egress. They hope to wait them out.

They aren’t planning on going in and fighting block to block.

[wildcard_redneck]

4 Strike Groups hanging out south of Japan are 4700 miles away from Moscow and 5000 miles from Crimea. What is the significance of that?

[Jim Robinson]

If strong resistance, the Russians will probably hold back and lay siege while letting the artillery, rockets and missiles rain in on the encircled city.

[dfwgator]

Bald and Bankrupt - Leaving Kyiv On A Refugee Train
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzBxFH_hEwA

Olga Reznikova - How Ukrainians Run to Poland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6VGw7YiHdQ

[dila813]

I was looking at the equipment they’ve fielded, night vision equipment with some training for ukraine would be a complete terror

They would be in shocked and sleepless

[SaxxonWoods]

That’s exactly what I was wondering.

[dila813]

Yep, exactly

[electricjack]

The reason is simple these are all Checki Muslim Soldiers conscripts. The did not plan on the Ukrainians fighting back at all. But the PM and his wife are in military gear fighting and shooting Ruskies dead the Ukanians have requested the IRC come in a and remove the 6,000 dead ruskie soldiers. Putin thought sine Obama did not help the ul last time Biden would not he screwed the pooch as we say in the USAF