Timeline: Russia enters Kyiv; Putin urges Ukrainian army to take over - today's main developments 

Zelenskiy pleads for international help as thousands of Ukrainians flee amid widespread fighting 

People look at a damaged residential building at Koshytsa Street, a suburb of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Picture: Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images

Yesterday marked the first day of “full-scale” conflict in Ukraine.

Today, Russia expanded and intensified its attacks. From early this morning, reports suggested that Russian troops had pushed all the way into the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.