Russia accepts economy in 'shock' as tanks roll into Kyiv's outskirts

Kremlin to ask military for info on hospital strike

The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia’s economy was experiencing a shock due to West’s sanctions, even as Ukraine said Moscow had ignored its plea for humanitarian access to rescue hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped under bombardment. Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence Service released a video showing “significant losses to personnel and equipment” caused to a Russian tank regiment in the village of Skybyn, Brovary on the eastern outskirts of Kyiv, on Thursday. 

The footage showed a large convoy of stationary tanks before several explosions were seen. The convoy was then seen moving in the opposite direction to Kyiv, as smoke rose