Ukraine's Zelensky asks citizens to resist and Europe to do more
A defiant Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged European countries to do more to help as he urged his citizens to resist Russian invasion.
2022-02-25 19:15:21 - VI News Staff
The second day of fighting saw tanks enter the capital, Kyiv, for the first time.
Ukrainian officials said they have handed out 18,000 guns to volunteers, as well as issuing instructions on how to make petrol bombs.
Russia is continuing its assault from the north, south and east.
- In the evening, Kyiv came under fresh missile strikes, with explosions and the sound of gunfire reported in the city
- Loud explosions have been reported in the second-largest city, Kharkiv in the north-east, with Ukrainians saying they have stalled a Russian advance
- Mariupol, a strategically important port city on the Sea of Azov to the south, is reportedly under attack
- A group of 13 soldiers on Zmiinyi (Snake) island are being honoured as heroes after they died refusing to surrender to a Russian warship
- Ukraine says at least 137 people - civilians and soldiers - have been killed, while Russia has not admitted any deaths on its side
- More than 100,000 people are estimated to have fled their homes, heading to family or fleeing for the border.
"Russian tanks are still shooting residential buildings in our cities," Mr Zelensky said in an address to the nation earlier.
The US, UK and EU have all levied financial punishment on Moscow, but stopped short of removing Russia from the international banking system, Swift.