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Fears 100 trapped under rubble of ruined block as battle for Kyiv rages on

Fun VLOG March 04, 2022

There are fears 100 people could be trapped beneath the rubble of a residential area near Kyiv which was shelled yesterday.

The town of Borodyanka lies to the north west of the capital and is one of several which have been attacked as the Russian convoy attempts to make progress.

Several buildings were levelled and according to a Radio Liberty reporter on the ground, emergency services attempting to reach the ruins were fired upon.

Stark images of babies being carried out of Kyiv’s ruined suburbs sum up a brutal week of fighting around the capital.

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The Kremlin’s push to take the city has largely stalled in the face of fierce opposition from Ukraine’s military and civilians.

Battles have raged to the north west of Kyiv in suburbs close to Hostomel airport, a scene of intense clashes.

Russia is attempting to open up a corridor for forces to reach the capital and to provide a vital landing strip so reinforcements can be flown in.

A mile-long column is stuck outside Kyiv and unable to make progress while Ukraine has had some success picking off elements using Turkish-built drones.

While the advancement of the invading force has been slowed, some neighbourhoods have been destroyed.

An aerial view shows a residential building destroyed by shelling, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in the settlement of Borodyanka in the Kyiv region, Ukraine March 3, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Maksim Levin
Several large apartment blocks were destroyed by shelling and fire in Borodyanka (Picture: Reuters)
IRPIN, UKRAINE - MARCH 04: With men staying behind to fight, women and children that fled fighting in Bucha and Irpin rush to board an evacuation train from Irpin City to Kyiv that was scheduled after heavy fighting overnight forced many to leave their homes on March 04, 2022 in Irpin, Ukraine. Russia continues assault on Ukraine's major cities, including the capital Kyiv, a week after launching a large-scale invasion of the country. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
Women and children are fleeing Kyiv’s suburb to the north west in droves as fighting drags on (Picture: Getty)
Baby rescued in Irpin, near Kyiv, Ukraine (Picture: @ArmedForcesUkr)
A soldier was seen carrying a baby out of the town of Irpin on Thursday by a bridge which was destroyed to stop Russian tanks (Picture: CNN)
epa09801377 Oleg (R), who decided to remain in Irpin, passes his son Maksim over a fence to his wife Yana, before the arrival of an evacuation train to the city of Kiev (Kyiv), at the train station in Irpin, Ukraine, 04 March 2022. People, mostly women, and children, were fleeing the frontline towns of Bucha and Irpin after heavy fighting broke out between Ukrainian and Russian forces in recent days. According to the United Nations (UN), at least one million people have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries since the beginning of Russia's military aggression on 24 February 2022. The UN estimates that around 160,000 Ukrainians are currently internally displaced. EPA/ROMAN PILIPEY
Desperate families have been trying to reach evacuation trains as Russia’s battle convoy trudges towards the capital (Picture: EPA)
A woman reacts as she stands in front of a house burning after being shelled in the city of Irpin, outside Kyiv, on March 4, 2022. - More than 1.2 million people have fled Ukraine into neighbouring countries since Russia launched its full-scale invasion on February 24, United Nations figures showed on March 4, 2022. (Photo by Aris Messinis / AFP) (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Shelling left civilians fleeing their burning homes in Irpin on Thursday (Picture: Reuters)
A dog stands between destroyed Russian armored vehicles in the city of Bucha, west of Kyiv, on March 4, 2022. - The UN Human Rights Council on March 4, 2022, overwhelmingly voted to create a top-level investigation into violations committed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. More than 1.2 million people have fled Ukraine into neighbouring countries since Russia launched its full-scale invasion on February 24, United Nations figures showed on March 4, 2022. (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS / AFP) (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images)
The suburb of Bucha has also found itself in the path of the Russian column advancing on the capital (Picture: AFP)

Air raids on the village of Bushiv 40 miles to the west of Kyiv destroyed homes in the night.

Bucha, a neighbourhood to the north of Irpin, has also been badly damaged after days of bombing and gun battles.

The latest update from the UK defence ministry’s intelligence team confirmed the area had become a key battleground.

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It read: ‘Heavy fighting to the north west of Kyiv has continued today, that has highly likely included renewed fighting around Hostomel Airfield.

‘This is near the front end of the Russian column on the outskirts of the city.

‘The column has made little discernible progress in over four days.’

A woman takes cover from shelling in the city of Bucha, west of Kyiv, on March 4, 2022. - The UN Human Rights Council on March 4, 2022, overwhelmingly voted to create a top-level investigation into violations committed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. More than 1.2 million people have fled Ukraine into neighbouring countries since Russia launched its full-scale invasion on February 24, United Nations figures showed on March 4, 2022. (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS / AFP) (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images)
A woman was pictured sheltering from shelling outside a ruined building in Bucha today (Picture: AFP)
A man gestures in front of an evacuation train at Kyiv central train station on March 4, 2022. - Ukraine accused the Kremlin of
Fathers unable to leave because the Ukrainian government insists men must stay and fight are waving goodbye to their children en masse (Picture: AFP)
Gutted cars following a night air raid in the village of Bushiv, 40 kilometers west of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, March 4, 2022. Russia's war on Ukraine is now in its ninth day and Russian forces have shelled Europe's largest nuclear power plant, sparking a fire there that was extinguished overnight. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Homes in the village of Bushiv were levelled during air raids through the night (Picture: AP)
A man stands next to a burnt car near a cultural and community centre, which locals said was destroyed by recent shelling, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in the settlement of Byshiv in the Kyiv region, Ukraine March 4, 2022. REUTERS/Maksim Levin
Villages stuck between Russian forces and the capital are being mercilessly attacked but the resistance is holding on (Picture: Reuters)

A situation report from the Ukrainian defence ministry read: ‘The main efforts of the occupiers focused on the surroundings of Kiev and weakening resistance in the settlements blocked by them.’

Elsewhere in Ukraine, the southeastern port city of Mariupol – a key prize for the Russian troops – has been encircled and shelled.

Its mayor said on Friday it had no water, heat or electricity and is running out of food after five days under attack.

An emergency meeting of the United Nations was held today after Russian troops shelled Europe’s largest nuclear power plant during an attempt to take it last night.

Despite nine days of heavy fighting, Russian forces only appear to have made one significant gain, the city of Kherson.

In the face of mounting evidence of crimes against humanity committed by his army, Vladimir Putin has called footage and images from Ukraine ‘gross propaganda fakes.

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