FIVE PEOPLE DIE

Mayor Vitali Klitschko: "The enemy is attacking the capital!"

According to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, there was a rocket attack on the Kyiv television tower on Tuesday afternoon. It wasn't the tower that was hit, but the substation!

Five people died in the attack, and five others were injured! The Kyiv city administration reports this.

According to the ministry, the broadcasting of television programs was interrupted "for a certain period."

Kyiv's mayor Vitali Klitschko announces on his Telegram channel: "The enemy is attacking the capital! According to preliminary information, the Kyiv television tower was damaged by two rockets. In addition, the substation that supplies power to the television tower and the hardware on the television tower itself is damaged."

Bizarre propaganda justification for the attack: Just moments before the attack on the Kyiv TV tower, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that it would shell the places that spread fake news.

Rocket attack could be the starting signal for an attack

BILD Vice Paul Ronzheimer reports from Kyiv: "We assume that this could be the start of a major attack on the capital."

Because: "That is the classic approach of the Russian army, first of all taking the opportunity to continue reporting on the TV stations about what is really happening. And then, everyone assumes that they will also try to attack mobile phone networks and the Internet here, to disrupt them, to then disable communication with the people," says Ronzheimer.

Mayor Klitschko also assumes an attack on Telegram: "The enemy wants to conquer the heart of our country. But we will fight and not give up on Kyiv."

Bitter: "The television tower is near Babyn Yar, near a memorial for Holocaust victims," ​​Ronzheimer tells BILD on TV.

Bitter: "The television tower is near Babyn Yar, near a memorial for Holocaust victims," ​​Ronzheimer tells BILD on TV.

BECAUSE: The further the Russian army encircles Kyiv, the more difficult it becomes to get supplies into the city - until, in the worst case, it is no longer possible at all.

 Since Monday, Putin's military has been trying to flank the capital and set up a siege ring about 70 kilometers in diameter around the metropolis. Previously, Putin had failed to take the city by storm.

The consequence of an encirclement would be fatal: no more food supplies, no more medicine deliveries.

"Preparing for an encirclement by the Russian army is perhaps the most important thing that's happening here right now," said Ronzheimer.