Explosions were heard in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv early Friday as Russian forces pressed on with a full-scale invasion.
His grasp on power increasingly tenuous, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to global leaders for even more severe sanctions “If you don’t help us now, if you fail to offer a powerful assistance to Ukraine, tomorrow the war will knock on your door,” said the leader, who cut diplomatic ties with Moscow,Zelenskyy said in a video address that 137 “heroes,” including 10 military officers, had been killed and 316 people wounded.
“We’re all scared and worried. We don’t know what to do then, what’s going to happen in a few days,” said one of the workers, Lucy Vashaka, 20. The Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency said it was told by Ukraine of the takeover, adding that there had been Ukrainian officials said on Friday the gamma radiation dose rates at the Chernobyl exclusion zone have exceeded"control levels" at a"significant number of observation points," but the exact reason for the change was unclear, according to NBC News.
Russia said it was not targeting cities, but journalists saw destruction in many civilian areas, and Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko said at least three people were injured when a rocket hit a multistory apartment building in the city on Friday, starting a fire. “The hardest day will be today. The enemy’s plan is to break through with tank columns from the side of Ivankiv and Chernihiv to Kyiv,” Interior Ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko said on Telegram.
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