Russia to seize Kyiv airport, US Intelligence report suggests
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According to the reports, US intelligence has warned of a Russian plot to take an airport in Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, fly in troops, and 'decapitate' the government. The news was reported by the Daily Mail.Anton Herashchenko, an advisor to Ukraine's Interior Minister, said that "Friday will be the war`s `hardest day` as Russia armour pushes down from Chernihiv - to the north-east of the capital - and Ivankiv - to the north-west - in an attempt to encircle Kyiv, where President Volodymyr Zelensky is still holed up", the report said. The US warned tanks were fighting Ukrainian forces 20 miles from the city early Friday before clashes were reported in a northern district just a few hours later.The fighting appeared to be taking place in Obolon, with the ministry of defence urging residents to make Molotov cocktails to hurl at Russian tanks. Russian forces were also reported in nearby Vorzel, Bucha, Irpen districts. The job of the paratroopers would be to enter the city, find Zelensky, his ministers, and parliamentarians, before forcing them to sign a peace deal handing control of the country back to Russia or a Moscow-backed puppet regime - effectively ending the war without Putin`s ground forces needing to complete the bloody and challenging task of seizing and occupying the whole country, Daily Mail reported.