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Live: Huge Russian military convoy advances on Kyiv

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  Russian artillery bombarded residential districts of Ukraine’s second largest city Kharkiv on Monday, with Moscow facing increasing international isolation as talks to resolve the conflict failed to make a breakthrough. Ukrainian officials said the Kharkiv attacks had killed civilians, including children. Follow our liveblog for updates. Reports of a Russian air strike on Kyiv. Cars are seen through the damaged window of a vehicle hit by bullets, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine February 28, 2022 Satellite images show a huge convoy of Russian armour is advancing on Kyiv. Russian artillery bombarded residential districts of Ukraine’s second largest city Kharkiv on Monday, killing possibly dozens of people, Ukrainian officials said. Ukraine’s ambassador to the US said Russia had used a vacuum bomb on Monday in its invasion of Kyiv says 352 civilians have been killed, including 14 children, since the invasion began last Thursday. The first talks aimed at s...

‘We are all here,’ Ukraine’s Zelensky says in video from Kyiv

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  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky released a self-shot video from central Kyiv on Friday vowing alongside key aides to stay and defend the capital against the Russian invasion. This screen grab taken from a video of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky shows himself speaking on Feb. 25, 2022 “We’re all here. Our military is here. Citizens in society are here. We’re all here defending our independence, our country, and it will stay this way,” Zelensky said standing outside the presidency building. Wearing olive green military-style clothing and standing with his prime minister, chief of staff and other senior aides, Zelensky appeared to be responding to pressure from Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. Russian troops clashed briefly with Ukrainian forces for the first time within Kyiv itself on Friday. Larger forces are bearing down on the capital and the city was braced for a possible night of air strikes. Meanwhile, in a televised address from Moscow, Putin branded Z...