Ukraine are entering the 3rd evening of the Russian invasion. Follow live updates here as they happen. (EET)
11.25 p.m: Heavy air raid expected any minute
Ukranians told to take cover immediately.
Pictured: Worldwide protests ongoing throughout the day
10.01 p.m: Zelenskyy and Boris Johnson speak
Grateful to the British Prime Minister for his position, new decisions to enhance the combat capabilities of the Ukrainian army.
9.46 p.m: Pictured, captured Chernobyl
9.44 p.m: Zelenskyy tweet
9.36 p.m: Dutch airline KLM suspends flights to Russia for 7 days 9.35 p.m: Zelenskyy takes to Twitter
To deprive the aggressor country of the right to vote in the UN Security Council, to qualify Russian actions and statements as genocide of the Ukrainian people, to help with the delivery of corpses of Russian soldiers. Talked about it in a conversation with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres 9.23 p.m: Chechen soldiers join invasion
A terrifying squad of Chechen soldiers have been sent into Ukraine, with each barbaric hunter given a ’deck of cards’ with names and faces of Ukrainian officials to detain or kill.
9.20 p.m: Abramovich hands over stewardship of Chelsea Football Club
9.08 p.m: Kyiv civilians to immediately seek shelter
Air raid sirens are currently sounding across the capitol, with Ukrainians told to immediately seek shelter.
9.04 p.m: Ukraine low on oil
President Zelenskyy has revealed that Ukraine are currently lacking oil and oil products.
8.59 p.m: Russian death toll
3,500 Russian troops have been killed or injured, according to an advisor to President Zelenskyy.
8.56 p.m: Zelenskyy continues to show gratitude to supporters
8.52 p.m: Alarm as Russia sends in reinforcements and heavy weaponry
After being met by fierce resistance from Ukraine in a bid to protect their capitol city, Kyiv, it seems that Putin has sent in heavy weaponry and reinforcements.
Pictured: The FIM-92 Stinger that Germany are suppling to Ukraine
8.31 p.m: Over 2000 detained for protesting
2,692 people have been arrested in Russia for attending anti-war protests in the last 3 days.
8.28 p.m: Germany sending supplies to Ukraine
Germany are said to be supplying Ukraine with 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 Stinger surface-to-air missiles.
7.54 p.m: Russian spokesperson unashamedly attempts to place blame on Ukraine for civilian casualties
The Russian ministry of defence has attempted to place blame on Ukraine for arming civilians, saying that ‘accidents and casualties’ will come from handing out weapons to those trying to protect their country.
7.26 p.m: Ukrainians take down signs
Ukrainians have began to take down street signs in a bid to confuse Russian troops.
7.16 p.m: Kharkiv under attack
The heaviest fighting is in and around Kharkiv, US defence offical says.
7.13 p.m: Russia hits back at Romania
Russia has closed its airspace for Romanian aircraft due to ’unfriendly decisions’ to ban Russian airlines from its airspace.
6.59 p.m: Anonymous target Russia
Hacking group Anonymous have targeted the Kremlin website, as well as taking over Russian TV channels to play Ukrainian songs.
6.56 p.m: Woman gives birth in shelter
A Ukranian wiman has given birth in a subway shelter, as ingoing fights see civillians take cover in the make-shift shelters .
6.51 p.m: ‘Tomorrow is too late’
Wladimir Klitschko calls on Europian nations to stop Russian aggression.
6.47 p.m: Kremlin website down
6.45 p.m: England Rugby tweet
6.42 p.m: President Zelenskyy takes to Twitter to send thanks
The largest demonstration in the modern history of Estonia took place in support of Ukraine. I am grateful to the Estonian people and @AlarKaris for their solidarity in these difficult times. Mr. President, our vyshyvanka suits you.
6.38 p.m: Ukrainian dam destroyed
Russian troops have destroyed a dam in Ukraine‘s Kherson Region.
Reuters reports the details from Moscow:
Ukraine cut off the fresh water supply to Crimea by damming a canal that had supplied 85% of the peninsula’s needs before Moscow annexed Crimea in 2014. The Soviet-era canal was built to channel water from the River Dnieper to arid areas of Ukraine’s Kherson region and Crimea.
6.26 p.m: 19 dead in attack
19 Ukrainians have been killed as Russia launch attack in the Donetsk region. A further 73 people have been injured in the shelling.
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