Ukrainian and U.S. officials said Russian forces were attacking from the east toward Ukraine's second-largest city. ABC7 breaks down map of attacks.
Political science professor Paul Poast offers 4 scenarios for how the Russia-Ukraine crisis could end, and how the American miilitary could become involved.The invasion began early Thursday with a series of missile strikes, many on key government and military installations, quickly followed by a three-pronged ground assault.
Among the signs that the Ukrainian capital was increasingly threatened, the military said Friday that a group of Russian spies and saboteurs was seen in a district on the outskirts of Kyiv, and police told people not to exit a subway station in the city center because there was gunfire in the area.
Though President Joe Biden said he had no plans to speak with Putin, the Russian leader did have what the Kremlin described as a"serious and frank exchange" with French President Emmanuel Macron.President Joe Biden on Thursday announced a new round of sanctions targeting Russia after its invasion of Ukraine.
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