It Is Quite Scary; They Have Surrounded Kiev: UCF CEO

Olivier also has International Relations, Senior & Junior High Performance, Junior & Women’s Pathway under himself as per the official website of the federation.

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26 Feb 2022, 1:14 am

Kyiv:

With the Russian troops reached Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, following the frightening invasion on Thursday, Kobus Olivier, a South African serving as the CEO of the Ukraine Cricket Federation, admitted that the situation in the city has been very frightening.

Apart from being the CEO, Olivier also has International Relations, Senior & Junior High Performance, Junior & Women's Pathway under himself as per the official website of the federation.

"It is quite scary. They have surrounded Kiev. Some of my South African mates in our WhatsApp group say soldiers have gone past their apartments. They don't know if it's Ukrainians or Russians," said Olivier to KFM Mornings on Friday, a radio station in South Africa.

Olivier said the airport at Kiev, which was targeted on Thursday, had been evacuated.

"I was walking my dog at 5 am this morning and I just heard a huge explosion. It sounded like it was right next to me, and I gathered from what I heard later on that they took out strategic targets here with missiles. They have evacuated everyone (from the airport) there is no staff (left) or anything. But I heard that they shot missiles at three airports here."

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