Hundreds of shells fall on Kyiv suburb as Ukrainians blow up bridge to halt Russian tanks | ITV News

A westerly route into Ukraine's capital has been blown up as Russian forces advance towards the city.

Amid heavy shelling of the nearby suburb of Irpin and intense firefights between Ukrainian and Russian troops, a temporary calm has fallen on a highway west of Kyiv.

Destroyed by Ukrainian forces in a bid to bring advancing Russian forces to a standstill, ITV correspondent Dan Rivers, who was at the scene, said "the battle for this road is not over."

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