Intense fighting was reported on the streets of Kyiv, where Ukrainian forces have held back Russian troops trying to enter the city so far.
On Saturday, under heavy attack by the Russians, the mayor of Kyiv announced an extension of the curfew on the city until Monday.An armed man stands guard at a checkpoint in Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 26, 2022. Russian troops stormed toward Ukraine's capital Saturday, and street fighting broke out as city officials urged residents to take shelter.A view of a damaged building in Kyiv that was hit by a recent shelling during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, on Feb. 26, 2022.
A couple look at their apartment damaged by a missile on Feb. 25, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine.People flock to the train station to leave Kyiv after Russia invaded Ukraine, on Feb. 25, 2022.People wait to board an evacuation train at Kyiv central train station, Ukraine, Feb. 25, 2022.People take cover as an air-raid siren sounds near an apartment building damaged by recent shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine Feb. 26, 2022.
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