Videos show huge traffic jams as people flee Kyiv after Russia attacked Ukraine's capital as part of wider invasion
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Marianne Guenot
Feb 24, 2022, 20:58 IST
Ukrainian MP Ivanna Klympush sent Insider's Bill Bostock this video from her drive into Kyiv Thursday morning, as thousands of cars headed in the opposite direction after explosions in the city.Insider
Videos from Ukrainian capital Kyiv show huge traffic jams as people flee the city.
Russia launched an attack on Ukraine early Thursday and blasts were heard in the capital.
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Videos from around the Ukrainian capital Kyiv show roads backed up with seemingly endless traffic as citizens attempt to flee after Russia attacked Thursday.
Ukrainian MP Ivanna Klympush shared a video of the scene close to Kyiv with Insider's Bill Bostock, showing the traffic heading away from the city as she was driving into the capital on Thursday morning. You can see the video below:
According to Google Maps traffic data, several roads in the center of the capital have been closed, and traffic on the main roads out of the capital has ground close to a halt. Google traffic data shows delays of several hours on a number of main roads in the city.
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Roads heading out to the west of the capital, which lead towards Poland and other Western European countries, are particularly busy.
He later tweeted that Ukraine would "give weapons to anyone who wants to defend the country. Be ready to support Ukraine in the squares of our cities."
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