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Ukraine says its cities are under attack as Sky News hears explosions in Kyiv and Kharkiv. By Alexa Phillips, news reporter.

Cars stretched for dozens of miles on the highway leading west towards Poland, where Western countries have prepared to receive hundreds of thousands of refugees. The country said it is facing non-stop cyber attacks and has closed its airspace to civilian flights. He warned: "What we have heard today are not just missile blasts, fighting and the rumble of aircraft. A US official said Russian forces were moving on three fronts - from annexed Crimea to Kherson in the south, from Belarus - north of Ukraine - towards Kyiv, and from the northeast to Kharkiv. Ukraine reported troops pouring across the borders with Russia and Belarus from the north and east, and landing on the coasts from the Black Sea in the southwest and Azov Sea in the southeast on Thursday. Ukraine reported troops pouring across the borders with Russia and Belarus from the north and east, and landing on the coasts from the Black Sea in the southwest and Azov Sea in the southeast.

Ukrainian president calls on Russians to consider the cost of war. UKRAINE-LITHUANIA-POLAND-DIPLOMACY. Ukrainian President Volodymyr ...

You know our principles. You know our people. You know what we value.

Explosions have been heard across Ukraine, with Kyiv saying military sites targeted by Russia in eastern Donbas region.

“I want to reassure you that our military spirit is at its highest level. The claim could not be independently verified. 07:15 GMT – Ukraine says Russian military hardware entering from Crimea There was no immediate comment by authorities in Ukraine. 05:25 GMT – Russia says targeting Ukraine military facilities with ‘precision’ weapons 04:45 GMT – Ukraine shuts down its entire airspace in response to the Russian military operation in Donbass.

After air and missile strikes, Russian troops launched attacks from Ukraine's northern border with Belarus, across its eastern frontier and in the south from ...

Slovakia said that its border with Ukraine was open for “all persons fleeing this war”. The US has warned that as many as 5mn Ukrainians could be displaced. “Vladimir Putin gave extensive explanations of the causes and circumstances of why a decision was taken to launch a special military operation. The leaders had a “serious and frank exchange of views about the Ukraine situation”, the Kremlin said in a readout. The price dropped back to about $99 after the Biden administration announced a raft of sanctions that focused on Russia’s financial sector, rather than its energy industry, which is an important supplier to many western countries. Korsunsky said the Russian vessels had twice demanded the Ukrainians lay down their weapons and surrender or be destroyed. Alarm over the conflict ripped through international markets, with the price of European natural gas contracts jumping as much as 70 per cent to €142 per megawatt hour. Biden said the US and its allies would impose new sanctions in response to Russia’s aggression. Shocked by the ferocity of Russia’s assault, world leaders addressed their nations to condemn what they cast as the most momentous challenge to the postwar order in Europe for 80 years. The Ukrainian president said 137 Ukrainians were killed in Thursday’s fighting. Ukraine’s land forces said Russia fired at peaceful areas of Kyiv but the strike was intercepted. “[Putin] has much larger ambitions than Ukraine,” said Joe Biden, US president. My family is the number-two target.

After reports of explosions near Kyiv, Joe Biden accuses Putin of choosing a 'war that will bring a catastrophic loss of life'

I remain in close contact with our partners and allies in the European Union and Nato to coordinate our response.” “Italy is close to the Ukrainian people and institutions in this dramatic moment. “We will weaken Russia’s economic base and its capacity to modernise. “Sadly, what we have warned against for months has come to pass. “Peace in our continent has been shattered. “The world will hold Russia accountable.” We cannot and will not just look away.” “We do not have Nato troops in Ukraine and we do not have plans to send Nato troops to Ukraine.” He said: “Ukraine is a country that for decades has enjoyed freedom and democracy and the right to choose its own destiny. In addition, we will freeze Russian assets in the EU and stop the access of Russian banks to the European financial market.” “France stands in solidarity with Ukraine. It stands with the Ukrainians and works with its partners and allies to end the war.” “We will continue to provide support and assistance to Ukraine and the Ukrainian people.”

Twelve hours into the invasion, Russian paratroopers and attack helicopters were within 25km of the centre of Kyiv, fighting for control of an airport in the ...