The latest as of 12:20 a.m. ET Friday: Ukraine officials say Russian missile strikes have resumed on Kyiv Friday, as the military said it shot down a Russian aircraft over the capital in the second day of a full-scale invasion on the democratic country.
Loud blasts were heard in the early morning hours by people in Kyiv, according to officials and witness reports, as Ukrainian forces battled Russian invaders advancing toward the city.
U.S. and Ukrainian officials say Russia aims to capture Kyiv and topple the government, which Putin regards as a puppet of the United States.
Russian troops on Thursday seized the Chernobyl former nuclear power plant north of Kyiv as they advanced along the shortest route to Kyiv from Belarus to the north.