Bombing continues in the late evening while Ukraine claims recaptured airport near capital; IAEA says Chernobyl nuclear energy plants unharmed after Russian occupation of site

Blasts heard in the capital Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa and Mariupol near the breakaway Donbas region; Ukrainian forces report being attacked from Belarus; President Zelensky imposes martial law nationwide; airspace closed, all flights into and out of country grounded

Explainer: As Putin warns other countries that any attempt to interfere with Russia's operation in Ukraine would lead to severe consequences, the West can only respond with 'tough' sanctions and call for emergency meetings at UN

Citing Syrian military source, state TV says most Israeli missiles shot down by air defenses; second Israeli-linked attack in 24 hours and third over the span of two weeks

Prime minister refrains from condemning Russian invasion calls for Israelis to leave and tells Jewish communities Israel's doors are open to them

U.S. officials says Russia launched hundreds of missiles in invasion as they approach Kyiv in what the west believes is their intention to topple Zelenskyy government to replace him with pro kremlin regime

German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser says asking EU to trigger a law that would offer Ukrainians an unbureaucratic way to receive temporary protection in the European Union