Thousands were crossing into neighbouring countries, including Romania, Moldova, Poland and Hungary. refugee agency said an estimated 100,000 Ukrainians had fled their homes. The highway heading west out of Kyiv, home to 3 million people, was choked with traffic across five lanes as residents sought to escape, fearful of bombardments while stuck in their cars. Heavy exchanges of fire were also reported in the regions of Sumy and Kharkiv in the northeast and Kherson in the south. defence official said Russian forces were advancing closer to Kyiv. A Ukrainian official later said the airfield had been recaptured, while a senior U.S. There was also fighting at Hostomel airport, just outside Kyiv, where Russian paratroopers landed.
The plant is along the shortest route from the Ukrainian capital to Belarus, where Moscow has staged troops. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy late on Thursday ordered a general mobilization, to be carried out within 90 days, "to ensure the defence of the state".Īn adviser to the Ukrainian presidential office said Russian forces had captured the Chernobyl former nuclear power plant, just 90 km (60 miles) north of Kyiv. "And for this we will strive for the demilitarisation and denazification of Ukraine," Putin said.Īfter nightfall, a picture was emerging of fierce fighting across multiple fronts. In his address, Putin said he had ordered "a special military operation" to protect people, including Russian citizens, subjected to "genocide" in Ukraine - an accusation the West calls baseless propaganda. And now he and his country will bear the consequences," he said.
President Joe Biden told reporters at the White House as he unveiled harsh new sanctions, coordinated with allies, against Russian banks, oligarchs and state companies. The assault brought a calamitous end to weeks of fruitless diplomatic efforts by Western leaders to avert war over Russian demands for a redrawing of post-Cold War security arrangements in Europe. KYIV/MARIUPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukrainian forces battled Russian invaders on three sides on Thursday after Moscow unleashed the biggest attack on a European state since World War Two, prompting tens of thousands of people to flee their homes.Īfter Russian President Vladimir Putin declared war in a pre-dawn televised address, explosions and gunfire were heard through the day in Ukraine's capital and elsewhere in the country, with at least 70 people reported killed.
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