Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymr Zelenskyy, are putting up "stiff resistance," according to U.S. officials.
The attack began Feb. 24 as Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation."
Russians moving from Belarus towards Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, don't appear to have advanced closer towards the city since coming within about 20 miles, although smaller advanced groups have been fighting gun battles with Ukrainian forces inside the capital since at least Friday.
Russia has been met by sanctions from the U.S., Canada and countries throughout Europe, targeting Russia's economy and Putin himself.
Here's how the news is developing. All times Eastern.
Feb 24, 2022, 1:13 PM EST
Ukraine loses control of key airport on edge of Kyiv: Ukraine official
Ukraine has lost control of a key military airport that is located less than 20 miles from the center of the capital Kyiv, according to Ukraine’s deputy interior minister.
Russian special forces landed at the Hostomel airport just on the edge of Kyiv earlier Thursday and after fierce fighting the base remains in Russian hands, deputy minister Anton Gerashchenko said.
This photograph taken on Feb. 24, 2022, shows smoke rising near the town of Hostomel and the Antonov Airport, in northwest Kyiv, Ukraine.
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-ABC News' Patrick Reevell
Feb 24, 2022, 1:00 PM EST
UK announces new package of sanctions
The United Kingdom's Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has announced a new package of sanctions in the House of Commons targeting over 100 Russian entities and individuals.
In this screen grab from video, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a statement to MPs on the situation in Ukraine following Russia's invasion on the early morning, in the House of Commons, in London, on Feb. 24, 2022.
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Johnson said this would totally exclude Russian banks from the U.K. financial system, adding, "oligarchs in London will have nowhere to hide."
He vowed, "We will continue on a relentless mission to squeeze Russia from the global economy” as Putin seeks to “redraw the map of Europe in blood.”
Police officers detain a woman during a protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Moscow on Feb. 24, 2022.
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-ABC News' Guy Davies
Feb 24, 2022, 12:34 PM EST
All US diplomats in Poland
All U.S. diplomats from the mission to Ukraine are in Poland and will remain there, with no plans to travel to Ukraine for now, the State Department confirmed.
"We will continually assess the security situation to determine when it may be safe for U.S. government personnel to return to Ukraine to conduct diplomacy on the ground and provide in-person consular services," a State Department spokesperson told ABC News.
-ABC News' Conor Finnegan
Feb 24, 2022, 12:26 PM EST
UN Security Council to vote Friday on resolution condemning Russia, calling for withdrawal
The U.S. and its allies and partners on the United Nations Security Council are circulating a draft resolution that would condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine and impose "legally binding" obligations for Moscow to "immediately, unconditionally, and completely" withdraw its forces, a senior U.S. administration official said.
A Russian Ka-52 helicopter gunship is seen in the field after a forced landing outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 24, 2022. Russia on Thursday unleashed a barrage of air and missile strikes on Ukrainian facilities across the country.
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The U.S. fully expects Russia to veto the resolution during a vote Friday, but the official said the world must act to hold Russia accountable.
The U.S. mission, led by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, is beginning "urgent diplomacy" now with every Security Council member to lobby support for this resolution, the official said, declining to comment on whether they think they can win support from veto-wielding China or partners like India and the United Arab Emirates who Thursday night did not condemn Russia.
While Russia may successfully block this resolution, the senior administration official said they would take action at the U.N. General Assembly, too, where Russia doesn't have a veto and all 193 members get a vote.
The official provided a brief preview of the resolution itself, saying it "would impose legally binding Chapter 7 obligations on Russia in response to its aggression against Ukraine" and "condemns in the strongest terms possible Russia's aggression, invasion, and violation of Ukraine's sovereignty. It reaffirms the sovereignty, independence, unity, and territorial integrity of Ukraine, and it requires the Russian Federation immediately, completely, and unconditionally to withdraw its forces."
It also calls for unhindered humanitarian assistance to those in need in Ukraine.
