No attacks stop: All that has happened since the early hours of the morning

Two explosions were heard in Kiev in the early hours of Friday, February 25th.

Similar sounds were heard the day before, according to Ukrainian officials, a military base in Brooklyn, a town near Kiev, was hit by Russian missiles Thursday, leaving six people dead.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister: Kiev was hit by terrible attacks

The attacks marked the advance of the Russian attack on Ukraine's capital.

Ukraine's Foreign Affairs Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, said Kiev has suffered terrible “attacks Russia's”.

Horrible rocket attacks from Russia at Kiev”, Kuleba tweeted.

The last <x0) time our capital experienced something similar was in 1941 when it was attacked by Nazi Germany. Ukraine conquered the evil then and will defeat this”, he wrote.

Kuleba called for stronger sanctions against Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin.

He demanded that states sever all ties with Moscow and “exclude Russia from any country”.

“Stop Putin, isolate Russia”, he wrote.

US: Zelenskiy is key target of Russian aggression

The US State Department has said it believes that Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelenskiy is the key target of Russian aggression. ”

spokesman The UN, Ned Price, stressed that American authorities had said for weeks that Russian agents had already infiltrated Ukraine and that “were operating within”.

Zelenskiy on the other side denied reports he left Kiev.

I am staying in the capital, staying with my people,” he said.

He said he was not allowed to say exactly where he was standing.

The United States and Albania have demanded that the UN Security Council vote on a resolution condemning the invasion of Ukraine from Russia.

According to diplomats, these two states are trying to garner as many pro votes as possible among the 15 member states.

The vote, however, is expected to fail because of the veto right Russia has as a permanent member of the Council.

The resolution text requires that Russia “immediately terminate the use of force against Ukraine” and “withdraw immediately, completely and unconditionally all its military forces from Ukraine's territory within its internationally recognised borders”.

Australia imposes more sanctions on Russia

Australia imposed more sanctions against Russia on February 25th, targeting some of its citizens and lawmakers.

“We will work together with our partners for a constant wave of sanctions and continue to increase pressure on Russia,” Prime Minister Scott Morrison said during a media conference.

Morrison said the new sanctions would be imposed against <x0oligarks, whose economic burden is of strategic importance to Moscow” and to the 300 members of the Russian parliament who voted for authorisation of sending Russian troops to Ukraine.

Macro: We must leave the open road to dialogue with Putin

French President Emmanuel Macron said it is helpful to keep the possibility of dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin alive.

Macron said after a summit of EU leaders that “until they condemn and sanction”, it remains useful to leave the path of dialogue open, so that when the conditions are met, they can reach an end to the hostilities”.

EU foreign ministers gather with urgency over crisis in Ukraine

Foreign ministers from the 27 European Union states will meet later Friday for an emergency session on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Diplomats said the meeting would include discussing further options to support Ukraine and how the bloc should deal with Russia from now on.

This meeting comes after EU leaders agreed to a new massive package of sanctions against Russia on Thursday evening targeting the country's energy, finance and transport sectors.