A series of huge blasts have rocked Kyiv this evening, forcing civilians into a desperate scramble to reach underground bomb shelters.
At least two very loud explosions struck in the Ukrainian capital - and a third is thought to have hit on the horizon - as the relentless Russian attacks continue.
TV cameras have been able to pick up the moment one of the blasts hit and filled the night sky with bright out flames.
Sirens rang out with the feeling on the ground the violence is growing nearer the heart of the city amid bloody skirmishes in its border areas and throughout the country.
BBC reporter Clive Myrie was one of those to have gone back underground.
He tweeted: "Our position shaken by nearby missile fire. Windows shook. Closest blast yet to our base. Fighting coming closer to heart of Kyiv."
Sky presenter Mark Austin is also among the press who were caught up in the explosions and took cover in a basement.
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He described hearing "two very heavy explosions" and then a third on the horizon - which were the heaviest his team had heard yet.
Sky security editor Deborah Haynes said the windows rattled during the explosions, with a boom caught on camera.
Further damage includes an air strike to the radar communications at a military centre in Kyiv's suburb of Brovary.
At least five people are said to have been injured, according to journalist at the scene Terrell Jermaine Starr.
However, he said he does not believe there were any fatalities.
The capital first began being shelled on Friday in a second round of air strikes green lit by the Kremlin, a day after Vladimir Putin declared war.
The cities of Kharkiv and Zhytomir are also under attack this evening.
It comes as talks between the two sides came to an end for the day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is quoted as saying by Russian state news agencies.
Zelensky was earlier pictured signing a request to join the European Union.
Putin is understood to have used illegal cluster bombs to shell civilian areas in eastern Ukraine.
He also ordered part of his nuclear forces to be on enhanced combat duty in an alarming escalation of tensions.
It was announced this morning that 4,500 Russian soldiers had died and 16 Ukrainian children killed during the invasion so far.
