Europe | A city in jeopardy
Russia’s way of conducting urban warfare bodes ill for Kyiv
The Ukrainian capital is at risk of a prolonged siege or an extremely bloody assault
THE LAST time that Russian forces fought their way into Kyiv was the autumn of 1943, when the Red Army crossed the Dnieper river and seized the city from Nazi Germany. On November 4th that year, German defences collapsed and Soviet tanks poured into the Ukrainian capital. Almost 80 years on, Russian armoured forces are back.
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