The Ukrainian President said 137 civilians and military personnel have been killed so far.
Western leaders and the EU impose raft ofUkrainian forces battled Russian invaders on three sides after Moscow mounted an assault by land, sea and air in the biggest attack on a European state since World War II.
The President said all border guards on Zmiinyi island in the Odesa region were killed on Thursday. Ukraine’s border guard service earlier in the day reported that the island was taken.“[The] enemy has marked me down as the number one target,” Zelenskiy warned in a video message. “My family is the number two target. They want to destroy Ukraine politically by destroying the head of state.
The assault brought a calamitous end to weeks of fruitless diplomatic efforts by Western leaders to avert war.An adviser to the Ukrainian presidential office said Russian forces had captured the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, just 90km north of the capital. As sirens blasted in Kyiv and large explosions were heard there and in other cities, Russians were writing “no war” signs and signing open letters and online petitions demanding the Kremlin halt the assault.People take to the streets in St Petersburg, Russia, to protest their country’s actions in Ukraine.One petition, started by prominent human rights advocate Lev Ponomavyov, garnered 289,000 by the end of the day.
“We, the Russian people, are against the war Putin has unleashed. We don’t support this war, it is being waged not on our behalf,” Litvinovich said. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled a package of “severe” sanctions against Russia on Thursday, targeting banks, members of President Vladimir Putin’s closest circle and the extremely wealthy who enjoy high-rolling London lifestyles.Speaking to Parliament, Johnson said Putin would be condemned by the world and by history for his invasion, never able to cleanse the “blood of Ukraine” from his hands.
The highway heading west out of Kyiv was choked with traffic across five lanes as residents fled, fearful of bombardments while stuck in their cars.“What we have heard today are not just missile blasts, fighting and the rumble of aircraft. This is the sound of a new Iron Curtain, which has come down and is closing Russia off from the civilised world,” Zelensky said on Thursday.
There are differences within the EU over how far to go with sanctions, with countries that would face the harshest economic backlash keen to keep the most severe steps in reserve.The details of the sanctions - including whether anything had been agreed on the SWIFT global interbank payments system - were not immediately known.
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