Civilians were recorded in a panicked state, boarding trains in an attempt to flee Kyiv as a several-miles-long column of Russian military vehicles approaches the city.

The Russian military took a two-day pause of open fighting for Ukraine's capital city as they attempt to encircle the city with overwhelming numbers of combat troops. While the Ukrainian military and civilian militias have held out valiantly against Russia's initial failed attempts to take meaningful territory, Russia appears to be switching tactics and will be relying on superior numbers. If Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, is any indicator of what is about to take place in Kyiv, heavy and indiscriminate artillery should begin falling soon.