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A photo from the New York Times shows a weeping teacher, Julia, armed and waiting to be deployed around the Ukrainian in hopes of holding off Russian forces. 

(AFP) — Ukrainian forces repulsed a Russian attack on Kyiv (Kiev) but “sabotage groups” infiltrated the capital, officials said Saturday as a defiant President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed Ukraine would never give in.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky declared that he is still in the capital of Kyiv (Kiev) in a video purporting to show the leader from the streets of the embattled city in the early hours of Saturday morning after reportedly shutting down a plea from the Biden administration to flee.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling upon Europeans with combat experience to travel to Ukraine and help defend against Russia.

Former CIA Director David Petraeus said Friday on MSNBC’s “MTP Daily” that the Russians were acting like Nazis by invading Ukraine.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin called on Ukranian soldiers on Friday to defect and stage a coup against President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose government Russia has so far failed to topple despite launching a “full-scale” invasion on Thursday.

Warning: Contains Graphic Image. Ukrainian officials have accused Russia of committing war crimes after an alleged bombing of a kindergarten.

Ukrainian President Zelensky rebuked suggestions he had gone into hiding by Italian Prime Minister Draghi after they missed a phone call.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov announced on Friday that his government had handed out 18,000 submachine guns and ammunition to civilians and militia fighters since Russian leader Vladimir Putin ordered a total invasion of Ukraine early Thursday.

Chinese dictator Xi Jinping called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and urged him to resolve the war with Ukraine that he started on Thursday “through negotiation,” emphasizing that China supported “respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries.”

The Ukrainian capital of Kyiv was hit by rocket strikes overnight, with reports of fighting in its suburbs on Friday morning.

President Zelensky declared the “defenders” of his country are “not tired” and will press on with their battle to protect Ukraine’s freedom.

Republican U.S. Senate Candidate J.D. Vance blamed “failed leadership” for bringing Russia and China closer together.

What does the unfolding Ukraine-Russia crisis need more than anything? A heaping dose of Sean Penn, of course.

A top Kremlin spokesman told reporters on Thursday that Russia would consider ending its unprovoked military assault on Ukraine if the Ukrainian government accepted terms of surrender, which included the removal of all “weapons” from the country.

Europe must wean itself off Russian gas now, Prime Minister Johnson said as he announced Britain’s sanctions in response to “Russian dictator” Vladimir Putin.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky broadcast an address directed at the Russian people on Wednesday night shortly before what Kyiv described as a “full-scale” offensive against the country began, urging them to pressure autocrat Vladimir Putin to reconsider war.

Before January 22, the situation on the Russian-Ukrainian border appeared much the same as it had the year before: a Russian troop buildup forming to intimidate the Ukrainian side, stuck in a nearly decade-long war in its eastern Donbas region.

Zelensky tweeted Thursday morning that Russian forces are trying to seize the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern Ukraine.

Around 40 Ukrainian people have been killed so far, including civilians and one young boy, in the conflict with Russai on Thursday.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday that it would offer no military support to Russia in its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, condemning America but refusing to definitively oppose Ukraine in the current conflict.

The Ukrainian govt will give weapons “to anyone who wants to defend the country” in the aftermath of Russia expanding its ‘war’.

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky that “he hoped Ukraine could resist” in a call early on Thursday morning.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky briefly addressed his nation about 90 minutes after the Russian attack began early Thursday morning local time. Zelensky declared martial law and vowed to resist the Russian invasion while urging his citizens to remain calm.

Volodymyr Zelensky “is legitimately trying to build a freer, more prosperous” Ukraine aligned with Western values, Mike Pompeo told host Alex Marlow on the Breitbart News Daily podcast.

In May 2021, Biden lifted sanctions for the pipeline, arguing it would be difficult if not impossible for him to block the project.

Venezuelan socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro paid back years of support to Russian strongman Vladimir Putin in a televised diatribe Tuesday night accusing Ukrainian leaders of being “fascists” and declaring his regime’s “complete backing” of Putin’s ongoing military invasion of Ukraine.

Russian lawmaker Andrey Lugovoy, who rose to international recognition as a top suspect in the polonium poisoning of Russian defector Alexander Litvinenko, dismissed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a “child” and a “monkey” in a rant before the Duma on Tuesday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Tuesday that he was reviewing a request from his diplomats to cut all ties to Russia in response to Russian leader Vladimir Putin recognizing Russian proxies in the country as sovereign states and ordering “peacekeeping” troops into Ukraine.

The UK and the EU will impose new sanctions on Russia following Vladimir Putin recognising separatist regions of Ukraine as sovereign.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to send more troops into Ukraine would not trigger the sanctions prepared by the United States and European allies, the White House said Monday.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced in a statement late Sunday that President Joe Biden “accepted in principle a meeting” with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, a week after Biden completely ignored a personal invitation to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Vice President Kamala Harris further raised the alarm of Russian President Vladimir Putin invading Ukraine, using the word “war” on Sunday for the first time during her visit in Munich.

Western media handed Russia a PR victory by publishing reports which cited “U.S. intelligence sources” as saying that Ukraine would be invaded on February 16th, only for the day to pass without incident. 

President Joe Biden told reporters on Thursday that he has “every indication” that Russia will “attack Ukraine” in the near future, echoing warnings from his secretary of state, Antony Blinken, and NATO officials that follow no significant activity of this kind on Wednesday.

President Joe Biden said Thursday he still believed Russia would invade Ukraine within days.