Russian forces have stepped up their invasion by closing in on Kyiv and attacking other key cities in Ukraine
, just north of Kyiv, as Ukrainian officials raised concerns that the Russian army could use this as a launchpad to try and take Ukraine's capital.
Russian tanks were reported to have entered Kharkhiv after shelling portions of Ukraine's second-largest city, huge explosions were heard in Donetsk and Russia-backed separatists claimed they'd begun attacking the Ukrainian-controlled town of Shchastia in Luhansk.
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