'Putin's Dream Is My Country's Nightmare': Kyiv Mayor Shows Scale Of Destruction | WATCH

"This is the city of Kyiv and many cities in Ukraine were destroyed, lives were taken. That's the truth. These images are the truth of the Russian war against Ukraine," Vitali Klitschko said.

Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko. (Source: Twitter)

New Delhi: The mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko tweeted a video showing catastrophic pictures from Russia's war on Ukraine while standing amidst ruined buildings in Ukraine's capital.

"That is how the Russians' war on civilians appears. Buildings were damaged, as was infrastructure. The missile just hit the city bus. People's lives are being lost. There's the war that Russia started," said Klitschko, the Ukrainian mayor of Kyiv since 2014.

Putin's dream of creating a Greater Russia is my country's nightmare. #SaveUkraine#kyiv #StopPutinsWar #Standtogether #FreeUkraine #WeAreAllUkrainians #StandWithUkraine #StopTheWar pic.twitter.com/EKw3K6BsbZ

— Klitschko (@Klitschko) March 14, 2022

"This is the city of Kyiv and many cities in Ukraine were destroyed, lives were taken. That's the truth. These images are the truth of the Russian war against Ukraine. That's what it looks like," he said.

Russian and Ukrainian negotiators held a new round of talks Monday as Russia's military forces bombarded Kyiv and other cities across Ukraine.

Ukrainian authorities said two people died and seven were injured after Russian forces struck an airplane factory in Kyiv, sparking a large fire. The Antonov factory is Ukraine's largest aircraft manufacturing plant and is best known for producing many of the world's biggest cargo planes, AP reported.

Russian artillery fire also hit a nine-story apartment building in the northern Obolonskyi district of the city, killing two more people, authorities said.

As of Saturday, the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR claimed that about 2.7 million people have fled Ukraine, with nearly 1.7 million of them on their route to Poland.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict

After President Vladimir Putin sanctioned a "special military operation" to "demilitarise and denazify" Ukraine on February 24, Russia invaded its neighbouring country.

The UN has registered at least 596 civilian fatalities since the invasion, while it believes the exact toll is significantly higher.