Ukrainian ministry of defence urges residents to make homemade petrol bombs in district of Kyiv

Ukrainian civilians are being encouraged to make Molotov cocktails in order to take out invading Russian troops.

With Vladimir Putin’s army closing in on the capital of Kiev, the country’s Ministry of Defence today took to social media to urge its citizens to build the homemade petrol bombs.

They also asked residents in Obolon, a northern district of the capital, to share information with Ukrainian military about the movement of Russian vehicles and troops.