Ukrainian missiles seem to have hit a Russian army base in Millerovo, a Russian city 16 kilometers from the border of the 2 international locations, in keeping with unconfirmed social media posts.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday declared warfare on Ukraine, a transfer that has drawn scathing criticism from most army powers aside from China.

At the least 137 Ukrainians have died, together with civilians, and a whole lot extra have been injured as Russia continues its invasion. At the least 800 Russian troopers have additionally reportedly misplaced their lives.

Social media posts present photographs and video footage of the Millerovo air base, which has been set alight after it had been fired at.

Kyiv Impartial journalist Illia Ponomarenko tweeted on Friday that "a variety of enemy plane have been destroyed."

Newsweek has contacted the Ukrainian army for extra data.

Millerovo is a city about 190 kilometers from Luhansk, a Ukrainian territory that Russia sees as its personal. Each Luhansk and Donetsk are Russian-rebel held territories that comprise a wider area referred to as Donbas that borders Russia. Insurgent teams have held two these territories for practically a decade.

Agence France-Presse reported on Friday that the Ukrainian military confirmed it was preventing Russian forces outdoors the capital Kyiv. Anton Herashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine's inside minister, stated he anticipated a Russian tank within the capital afterward Friday, which may grow to be the hardest day of the warfare, which is simply in its second day.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared martial regulation on Thursday and introduced the nation had reduce diplomatic ties with Russia following the invasion.

In a televised attraction to Russian individuals, Zelenskyy stated: "We all know for positive that we do not need warfare. Not chilly, not scorching, not hybrid. But when we're threatened, if somebody tries to remove our nation, our freedom, our lives. The lives of our youngsters. We're going to defend ourselves. Not assault—defend. By attacking you will see our faces. Not backs—our faces.

"And the reality is, that this must cease earlier than it is too late. And if the authorities of Russia do not wish to speak to us, for the sake of peace, possibly they will speak to you [Russian people].

"Do the individuals of Russia need warfare? I would love to have the ability to reply this. However the reply relies upon solely on you: the residents of the Russian Federation."

He stated that he and his household had been the highest enemy for Russian forces, who're searching for to kill him.

President Joe Biden on Thursday issued a brand new spherical of sanctions on Russia to restrict worldwide commerce with Moscow and goal Putin's inside circle. The sanctions hit 4 Russian banks that maintain greater than $1 trillion in belongings, together with Sberbank, Russia's largest financial institution. The European Union additionally plans to freeze Russian belongings within the bloc and cease Russian banks accessing its monetary markets.

The UN refugee company estimated on Thursday that 100,000 Ukrainians had fled their properties and that a number of thousand have crossed into neighboring international locations, primarily Moldova and Romania.

In 2014, violent protests in Japanese Ukraine led to the ousting of pro-West chief Viktor Yushchenko. Russia then illegally annexed the Ukrainian area of Crimea, which led to worldwide condemnation and sanctions imposed on Russia by the West.

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Ukrainian missiles seem to have hit a Russian army base in Millerovo, a Russian city in 16 kilometers from the border of the 2 international locations, in keeping with unconfirmed social media posts. This photograph taken on February 24, 2022 exhibits a MT-LB-S armored medical evacuation automobile, bearing the Ukrainian flag, on the highway in northwest Kyiv.Daniel Leal/Getty

Replace 2/25/22, 4:14 a.m. ET: This text has been up to date with further data.