Ukraine’s Defenders Hold Kyiv, Battle for Kharkiv as Talks With Russia Agreed

Russian and Ukrainian officials prepared to meet for the first talks since the invasion began. Putin ordered nuclear deterrence forces to be put on alert.

Russian forces face fierce resistance in Ukraine as Western responses against Russia mount and Putin puts nuclear forces on alertMAKSIM LEVIN/REUTERSKYIV, Ukraine—Russian and Ukrainian officials prepared to meet for the first talks since Moscow began its invasion four days ago, asto the country’s capital, Kyiv, and pushed back Russian troops in urban combat in its second-largest city, Kharkiv.

In a sign of growing tensions with the West over Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the country’s nuclear-deterrence forces to be put on alert.

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