Ukrainian forces braced for more attacks after enduring a Russian barrage of land- and sea-based missiles, an attack that one senior US defense official described as the first salvo in a likely multi-phase invasion aimed at seizing key population centers, “decapitating” Ukraine’s government and installing a new one. Already, Ukraine officials said they had lost control of the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear power plant, scene of the world’s worst nuclear disaster. President Barack Obama provides an emotional speech in which he warns that Moscow is making ready for a entire-fledged assault.Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, designed a final-ditch charm to the Russian persons to prevent a complete-fledged conflict concerning the two international locations, with the Russian army poised on his border.
