Dwell updates: Russia invades Ukraine

A Ukrainian counterattack north and west of the capital of Kyiv seems to have made some headway, jeopardizing Russian efforts to encircle the town and threatening the power of Russian forces to resupply the ahead items which can be uncovered to the north of the town.   

Movies geolocated Monday present Ukrainian troopers draping the nationwide flag over a constructing within the city of Makariv, some 65 kilometers (40 miles) west of Kyiv.  

Then, early Tuesday, the Ukrainian Armed Forces mentioned in a submit on social media that they’d regained management of Makariv.  

Following 24 hours of combating, the “state flag of Ukraine was raised over the town of Makariv” because the Russians retreated, the Armed Forces mentioned on Fb. 

The city is strategically positioned due west of Kyiv.     

The pinnacle of Kyiv’s regional police, Andriy Nebytov, toured Makariv on Monday. A video of his go to confirmed widespread devastation and the city appeared abandoned.

Nebytov mentioned Makariv was nonetheless being shelled, indicating the rapid space remains to be contested. He was instructed by one other officer throughout the tour that artillery hearth was coming from 5 kilometers (three miles) to the north, an space nonetheless held by the Russians.   

“Makariv remains to be underneath hearth,” he mentioned. “Each second civilian constructing, personal homes, have been destroyed, broken by artillery shelling.”

At one level, Nebytov handed a memorial to villagers “who gave their lives for the Soviet Motherland, in 1941-1945,” as he put it. “So there you might be, these individuals died in a battle in opposition to fascism, Nazism. Now historical past is repeating itself.”