A Ukrainian MP toted an AK-47 in hand during an interview with Newsmax TV on Friday, vowing to defend the country’s capitol before warning ‘if Russians enter Kyiv, there will be hell for them’ as he brandished the firearm on TV.
Alexey Goncharenko, 41, an avid critic of Russia’s efforts to invade the neighboring country, made the comments on the second day that Ukraine faced its third straight day of fighting, which has since continued on to Saturday.
‘It’s such a magic rifle, Kalashnikov, yes,’ Goncharenko said.
‘And if Russians will enter, if Russians will enter Kyiv, there will be hell for them, and I will do my best, certainly. Probably, I will not make too much, because really, I’m absolutely not professional, but I’ll do my best.’
Alexey Goncharenko, 41, pictured holding an AK-47 in hand during an interview Friday, vowing to defend country’s capitol before warning ‘if Russians enter Kyiv, there will be Hell for them’
‘It’s such a magic rifle, Kalashnikov, yes,’ Goncharenko said during Friday’s interview with Newsmax TV
Pictured: heavy fighting south of Kiev, where Russia is desperately trying to parachute in troops
‘My weapon is always with me,’ he added.
‘And I, even sitting and giving you this interview, that’s near me. And I’m not soldier. I’m not military person.’
On Friday afternoon, Goncharenko told the show’s host, Eric Bolling, that he does not intend to go anywhere despite the heightening tensions, advancements and threats which saw Russian troops enter Kyiv early Saturday local time.
The MP concluded that if thousands of other Ukrainians join him in such a vigilante manner, he believes an invasion of Kyiv could be repelled.
Pictured: Kulbakino airfield in Mykolaiv is on fire following a Russian missile strike on February 25
Smoke and flames are seen billowing over Kyiv in the early hours of Saturday morning
Residents of Kyiv take cover in a bomb shelter in the early hours of Saturday
President Biden left for Delaware hours after the White House announced he is planning to impose sanctions directly on Vladimir Putin, the White House announced on Friday.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will also be targeted.
The United States has imposed a raft of punitive financial sanctions against Russia in a bid to try and deter Vladimir Putin from continuing to invade Ukraine.
But thus far, the Russian premier – whose personal fortune has been estimated by Forbes to sit at $200 billion – has not been deterred.
The US has provided Ukraine with considerable military hardware, and thus far President Volodymyr Zelensky’s forces appear to have slowed the Russian onslaught.
President Biden is pictured leaving the White House for his Delaware home on Friday evening
Biden and his wife Jill appeared relaxed as they headed for Marine One, despite Europe currently experiencing its biggest conflict since World War II
But Kremlin troops had entered Ukraine in the early hours of Saturday morning, and it is feared the capital city could fall to Putin later on Saturday.
Pentagon efforts to try and stop the war from flaring were slick, but ultimately unsuccessful.
US intelligence on Russian troops’ movements ahead of the invasion was shared far more freely than normal, in an attempt to spook Putin.
America also warned of the sanctions Russia would face if Putin did invade, but the image-obsessed Russian leader ultimately decided to plow on anyway.
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