THE Russian military says it has seized a strategic airport outside the Ukrainian capital, claiming it cut has Kyiv off from the west.
It comes as Russian forces have moved to the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital as US officials warned that President Vladimir Putin may be intent on installing a new, more friendly government.
The invasion began on Thursday morning with a series of missile strikes, many on key government and military installations.
They were quickly followed by a ground assault from the north, east and south in an attack that could rewrite the global post-Cold War security order.
US President Joe Biden is due to meet fellow leaders of Nato governments in what the White House described as an “extraordinary virtual summit” to discuss Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed that his military will keep fighting back and he ordered a full mobilisation. He said 137 people – servicemen and civilians – have been killed and hundreds more wounded since the invasion began.
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