However, the Ukrainians continued to fight the Russians at a dead end in areas around the airport, near Kyiv. Day by day, the Pentagon reported that there was no movement outside the airport by Russian forces. On March 25, Russian television broadcast interviews with its soldiers at warehouses at the airport. An unnamed Russian soldier told state television: “This is our house. As you can see, we have sandbags on the windows. We have electricity. We have enough food and water – and lots of ammunition. No one will be able to capture it.” . The camera then showed another room with bunk beds and a small table, where a soldier whose face was covered with a ski mask was making tea. An anonymous masked officer denied reports of surrender. “We are not surrounded,” he said. “We receive letters and parcels from home. Our troops traveled to Belarus and back. They are the ones who are about to be surrounded “. There were many stories of Ukrainian bravery as they stopped the Russians. A group of Ukrainian paratroopers attacked the airport, seeking to stop the cargo flight of planes from Belarus. As they did so, the Russians opened fire on them behind concrete dams. The Ukrainians dug tunnels under the fence and fought with the Russians, successfully preventing the arrival of planes.
