"The president is here." President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine posted a video on social media,,,

Описание: "The president is here." President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine posted a video on social media showing him standing alongside other government officials, saying that the country’s leaders had not fled Kyiv as Russian forces entered the city.

Live Updates: Ukrainian Fighters Battle to Hold Kyiv

The Ukrainian capital is transformed into a battle zone as Volodymyr Zelensky, the president, warned against false reports of his demise. NATO leaders said more troops would be deployed,,

Street fighting flares in Kyiv as Russian attack lines encroach on three Ukrainian cities.

KYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian defense forces, outmanned and outgunned, waged a ferocious resistance to the Russian invasion on Saturday, battling to keep control of the capital, Kyiv, and other cities around the country.

There was intense street fighting, and bursts of gunfire and explosions could be heard across the city, including its heart, Maidan square, where in 2014 Ukrainian protests led to the toppling of a pro-Moscow government. Here is the latest:

Russia has established attack lines into three cities — Kyiv in the north, Kharkiv in the northeast and Kherson in the south — and Ukrainian troops are fighting to hold all three.

Bloody battles were being waged in close quarters. Ukrainska Pravda, a Ukrainian news site, reported combat 400 yards from Maidan square in central Kyiv.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine posted a video on Twitter, telling the public not to believe false reports. “I’m here,” he said. “We are not putting down any arms. We will protect our country, because our weapons are our truth.”

Videos and photos showed a residential building struck by a missile in southwestern Kyiv, about 1.5 miles from Sikorsky Memorial Airport, on Saturday morning.

Across Ukraine, people huddled in air raid shelters, lined up at bank machines and stocked up on essentials.