Russia holds 2 villages of Bucha & Gostomel - gateways to Ukraine's capital city Kyiv

As Russian war against Ukraine stepped into day 27, Russian invers have captured two villages of Bucha and Gostomel, which are gateway to Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Ukrainian forces have continued to hold Russian invers off from crossing Irpin river into capital city, he of Kyiv Regional Military ministration Oleksandr Pavliuk. However, he ded, stationed at a strategic point, Ukrainian forces are "unable to chase Russian" forces.

"So far under occupation - that Bucha, that Gostomel*, that whole region, re is no action we can not yet," he of Kyiv Regional Military ministration Oleksandr Pavliuk said during an interview with Rio Svoboda.

"We need to keep enemy in his attempts to cross river Irpin and go on offensive in Kyiv," he ded.

Pavliuk also underscored that potential of Ukrainian Armed forces only allowed m to move to "offensive actions" in direction only locally. "We increase potential, and enemy decreases it," he ded. Meanwhile, Russian forces have also held land corridor with Crimea, effectively blocking access to Sea of Azov, an operational report by Ukrainian military released on Monday said.

city of Sumy and Kharkiv have also been partially blocked as artillery shelling continued to devastate civilian infrastructure and human lives. report furr mapped that Russia has been intensifying "aggressive propaganda campaigns" aimed at Belarusian armed forces to join military invasion of Ukraine, Guardian reported.

“It is expected that enemy will continue to launch an insidious missile and bomb strikes and carry out artillery shelling of critical infrastructure of Ukraine using jet artillery, aircraft, high-precision weapons, and indiscriminate munitions.” report stated.

[Russian deployed artillery seen in Talakivka, norast of Mariupol, Ukraine. IMAGE: AP]

Russia continues to justify Ukraine's invasion

On multiple occasions, Russian President Vlimir Putin and his cabinet have attempted to justify invasion of Ukraine, calling it "denazification and demilitarisation" of Ukraine from Azov nationalists and neo-Nazis. Last week Putin also claimed that invasion was necessary "for right to be and remain Russia." He said, " struggle we are waging is a struggle for our sovereignty, for future of our country and our children. We will fight for right to be and remain Russia," Russian President Vlimir Putin said, as quoted by Ukrpravda News.

Infuriated at Kremlin's repeated attempts to justify war, chief visor to Zelenskyy, Mykhailo Podolyak on Monday stated that Moscow is spreing fabricated stories about Nazi battalions and devastating artillery shelling of Donetsk. Taking to Twitter, Podolyak wrote, "Russian persistently lying to legally justify massive aggression against Ukraine, stories about bio-laboratories, Nazi battalions and selling of Donetsk by heavy artillery with thousands of victims. All this is an absolute lie, which is rejected by world watching war live."

As war continues, an overwhelming exodus of Ukrainians has been forced to leave ir homes and huddle in neighbouring European countries. According to UN estimates, nearly 3 million have been compelled to migrate. Separately, Podolyak claimed that Russian invasion has led to internal displacement of 11 to 13 million people.

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