Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine's Defence Intelligence, stated that Russia's entire plan for capturing Kyiv was to land troops at Hostomel airfield and advance from there, with no alternative plan.
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The Russians had no plan for capturing Kyiv other than successfully landing in Hostomel.
Russia kept trying to land troops at Hostomel the whole day on 24 February 2022.
A Kyiv court ruled in favor of confiscating the land on the Dnipro River bank previously owned by Oksana Marchenko, claiming it was privatized illegally.
The Kyiv Regional Prosecutor's Office defended in court the state's right to 9.5 hectares of forestry land worth over Hr.204 million
A Russian citizen was detained in Kyiv for organizing illegal migration of Ukrainian men abroad.
An accomplice, a Kyiv Regional Military Administration official, was also suspected.
The Russian detainee possessed an F-1 combat grenade and other illegal items during searches.
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