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President Zelenkskyy vows to defend Ukraine as fierce street fighting, missile strikes rock the country’s capital.
- Fighting has reached the streets of Ukraine’s capital as Russia presses ahead with its invasion.
- President Volodymyr Zelenkskyy claims Ukraine has derailed the advance of Moscow’s troops and pledges he will not surrender.
- Russia’s military says it has taken control of the southeastern city of Melitopol.
- Nearly 200 people have been killed so far, including civilians, three of whom were children, according to Ukraine’s health minister.
- More than 100,000 Ukrainians have fled the country since the beginning of Moscow’s assault, the UN says.
- Western countries have announced sweeping sanctions on Moscow, including measures targeting President Vladimir Putin himself.Dozens of residents have made their way to Mariupol’s hospital to donate blood, as Ukrainian forces are blocking the southeastern city’s main roads with trees to stave off Russian forces from entering.“Heavy fighting is taking place near Mariupol,” Mykhailo Podolyak, Zelenksyy’s adviser, told a briefing earlier. “But there is no chance that Mariupol will surrender or be captured.”
- Ukraine’s health minister said 198 civilians, including three children, have been killed so far by Russian forces.“Unfortunately, according to operative data, at the hands of the invaders we have 198 dead, including 3 children, 1,115 wounded, including 33 children,” Health Minister Viktor Liashko wrote on Facebook.
- Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda will meet German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin to discuss sanctions on Russia, Polish government spokesperson Piotr Muller said on Twitter.
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