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Ukrainian army resists Russian attacks on Kyiv
The BBC reported, Russian assaults on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv have been met with fierce resistance, as the Ukrainian military says it has fought off several attacks.
The military said in a Facebook post early on Saturday that an army unit managed to repel Russian forces near its base on a major city street.
In a new video, President Volodymyr Zelensky said: "We won't lay down our arms. We will defend our state."
The BBC said, the city government confirmed ongoing fighting and urged people to stay home.
According to a report by the Interfax-Ukraine news agency, city officials put out a statement asking people to stay in shelters and to stay away from windows if they were at home.
But Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council Oleksiy Danilov told Ukrainian news site Lb.ua that the army was "in control" of the situation.
Mr Danilov said: "We are stopping the horde using all means available. The army servicemen and citizens are in control of Kyiv."
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In his self-shot video, Mr Zelensky could be seen walking around Kyiv's government district in an apparent effort to combat rumours he had called on the army to surrender to Russian troops.
"There's a lot of fake information online that I'm calling on our army to lay down arms, and that there's evacuation," he said against a backdrop of Kyiv's Gorodetsky House.
"I'm here. We won't lay down our arms. We will defend our state."
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Earlier on Saturday, Ukraine's air force command also reported heavy fighting near the Vasylkiv air base, southwest of Kyiv, adding that it was under attack by Russian paratroopers.
Separately it claimed one of its fighters had shot down a Russian transport plane. The BBC said that it was unable to verify this.
Source: BBC
