UKRAINE DEFENDS KYIV AS RUSSIAN TROOPS ADVANCE TO CAPITAL

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Missiles pounded the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Friday as Russian forces pressed their advance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pleaded with the international community to do more, saying the sanctions announced so far were not enough.

Air raid sirens wailed over the city of three million people a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion that has shocked the world.

A Ukrainian official said a Russian plane had been shot down and crashed into a building. Russian troops seized Chornobyl, the former nuclear power plant north of Kyiv, as they advanced on the city from Belarus.

Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova said Friday that Russian troops that captured Chornobyl took 92 personnel.

Markarova also said Russian troops attacked an orphanage with 50 children, but no one was injured.