Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyy has been speaking to the BBC.
Asked whether the country was preparing for a more powerful Russian assault on Ukraine, including on Kyiv and other cities, he said:
"Every day the president asks me, every day we co-ordinate our efforts, about the situation and what is happening, and every day we answer that the situation is serious, but stable.
"Yes, indeed, every day the enemy sends more and more forces. But our glorious armed forces are basically destroying everything that arrives to Kyiv. Kyiv remains the place of the main strike...
"I understand that every day we are getting ready for any scenario, including in Kyiv. It includes territorial defence, the armed forces, the National Guard, the national police, the security service and the defence ministry’s Military Intelligence Directorate.
"We are creating mobile groups to search and catch saboteurs. We have up to 100 such groups active in Kyiv, depending on the time of day. You can hear gunfire in the city [as they operate]. Many people are captured, our specialists are working with them.
Source: BBC
