Ukraine warns of ‘subversive groups’ in Kyiv as US flags potential siege of city

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his government has information that ‘subversive groups’ were encroaching Kyiv as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the city ‘could well be under siege’ (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his government has information that “subversive groups” were encroaching Kyiv as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the city “could well be under siege”.

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin told lawmakers on a phone call that Russian mechanised forces that entered from Belarus were about 20 miles from Kyiv, according to a person familiar with the call.