Ukrainian forces struggle to hold on to Kyiv amid Russian onslaught
by Nabih Bulos and Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times
Feb 26, 2022
2 minutes
KYIV, Ukraine — Under incongruously bright skies, Ukrainian forces fought fiercely Saturday to protect and maintain control of their country’s capital from Russian troops as sporadic explosions and gunfire shook parts of the city and an apartment tower took a direct hit from a shell.
Ukraine’s outgunned military desperately tried to fend off an advance by invading forces on Kyiv’s northern outskirts. Skirmishes were reported in other parts of the
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