The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

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The defiant response of the Ukrainian border guard came after a Russian warship threatened to blow the soldiers up on Snake Island in the Black Sea

Soldiers ‘neutralised’ after entering Ukrainian capital, reports say

US actor and director Sean Penn is in Kyiv making a documentary about Russia's invasion, the Ukrainian president's office said Thursday. The double Oscar-winner was photographed attending a government press conference in Kyiv, and could be seen meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky in a video posted to the Ukrainian president's official…

The European Union have introduced heavy sanctions on Russia in response, but that has not stopped the fighting and aerial 'bombardment' of Ukraine on Friday

Tens of thousands of Ukrainians, mostly women and children, crossed into Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia on Friday as Russian missiles pounded the capital Kyiv and men of fighting age were told to remain.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said claims civilians were not being targeted is a "lie" as missiles destroyed homes overnight as the Russian invasion moved into its second day

Invading Russian forces were approaching Kyiv from the north and northeast, Ukraine's army said on Friday, amid rising fears the capital could fall on the second day of the Russian attack.

Gunfire had been heard near the Government quarter of the capital city