- Kyiv came under intense bombardment at around 4am local time on Friday, with the sky ablaze
- Ukraine’s government said that one missile was intercepted by the city’s defense systems, but another hit a residential building
- A Russian SU-27 jet was shot down over the capital by a surface-to-air missile, a source told CNN
- Ukrainian troops blew up bridges leading to Kyiv and Kharkiv to slow the Russian advance
- US security officials fear Kyiv will fall in 96 hours and the government will be toppled within a week
- Russian forces have sized control of Chernobyl, with video revealing tanks parked in front of the reactor
- Came after ‘fierce’ battle with condition of nuclear waste storage facilities ‘unknown’, Ukraine said
- Meanwhile NATO-member Turkey said one of its ships was hit by a ‘bomb’ near Odessa – underlining fears that the alliance could easily get sucked into the conflict and spark all-out war in Europe
- Citizens in Kyiv have been rushed to shelters, after the government warned Russia will soon bomb the city
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