RUSSIA-UKRAINE LIVE: How invasion affects Iran nuclear deal and Wladimir Klitschko fights in Ukraine
RUSSIA-UKRAINE LIVE: Vladimir Putin apologist Maria Butina says Russians are not targeting civilians, Wladimir Klitschko reveals ‘reality of war, how invasion is affecting Iran nuclear deal and KFC is not on list of companies that have pulled out of Russia
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An air alert was declared in and around Kyiv today, where residents in Ukraine’s besieged capital city were urged to get to bomb shelters as quickly as possible.
Nearly two weeks into the invasion, Russian troops have advanced deep along Ukraine‘s coastline with soldiers having surrounded the city of Mariupol for days.
Moscow’s forces have laid siege to Ukrainian cities, with attempts to create corridors to safely evacuate civilians stumbling amid continuing fighting.
Thousands of people are thought to have been killed, both civilians and soldiers, in nearly two weeks of fighting with the conflict now in its 14th day.
Russian forces have seen their advances stopped in certain areas – including around Kyiv, the capital – by fiercer resistance than expected from the Ukrainians.
Kremlin officials are said to have privately denounced the invasion as a ‘clusterf***’ – ‘mourning’ the death of the Russian economy and the loss of up to 12,000 troops.
The UN says two million people have now fled Ukraine, with the West sending weapons to the country and moved to slap Vladimir Putin’s country with sanctions.
In a further effort to punish Russia, US President Joe Biden announced a ban on Russian oil imports, and Shell said it will stop buying oil and gas from Russia.
And Britain’s Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will head to Washington DC today after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the UK and US for their help.
Here, follow MailOnline’s live blog for all the updates on the crisis in Ukraine today:
