Russian Troops Close In on Kyiv as Zelensky Warns of Assassination

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'Ukraine has always left and leaves room for negotiations. Including now—even after Russia launched a full-scale invasion. This war must be stopped,' said an adviser to Ukraine's president.

"Ukraine has always left and leaves room for negotiations. Including now—even after Russia launched a full-scale invasion. This war must be stopped," said an adviser to Ukraine's president.Russian forces closed in on and reportedly entered the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv—a city of three million people—on Friday as the nation's president warned he could soon be the target of an assassination attempt.

"They want to destroy Ukraine politically by destroying the head of state," President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an address to the nation, accusing Russia of bombing the capital without regard for civilian life. "Enemy aircraft operate treacherously over residential areas, including the capital," said Zelensky."Terrible explosions in the morning sky over Kyiv, bombing, hitting a house.", Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba similarly warned of"horrific Russian rocket strikes on Kyiv.

As Ukrainian forces fought Russian troops on the outskirts of Kyiv on Friday, Ukraine's defense minister

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