Residents prepared to shelter for another night as Russian troops met with a fierce response that held them back about 19 miles from Kyiv.
Artillery and missile attacks continued Saturday as small Russian units tried to clear the way to the center of the capital for the main forces to follow. Sporadic gunfire and explosions were heard in the center of the city as well.
An adviser to Zelensky said Russia had attached unacceptable conditions to its offer to talk. He also said it was untrue that Russia had paused troop movements on Friday. A U.S. defense official said that more than half of the over 150,000 troops that were massed along Ukraine’s borders had entered the country, but said Russia has had to adjust logistics to provide more fuel and other support inside Ukraine than originally anticipated.
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