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 27, 2022, 8:44 AM EST
US to provide $54M in humanitarian aid for Ukrainians
The United States will provide $54 million in humanitarian aid to help Ukrainians, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday.
“This assistance enables humanitarian organizations to support citizens of Ukraine already in need and those newly affected by Russia's unprovoked and unjustified attack,” he said on Twitter.
With the new funding, the U.S. has provided about $405 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine since 2014, Ned Price, spokesperson for the State Department, said on Twitter.
Feb 27, 2022, 6:34 AM EST
Ukraine appeals to The Hague for ‘urgent decision’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday his government had submitted an application to the International Court of Justice, seeking to hold Russia accountable for its invasion.
“Russia must be held accountable for manipulating the notion of genocide to justify aggression,” Zelenskyy said on Twitter. “We request an urgent decision ordering Russia to cease military activity now and expect trials to start next week.”
Feb 27, 2022, 6:18 AM EST
UN: 368,000 refugees have fled Ukraine
About 368,000 people have fled Ukraine into neighboring countries, as the number of refugees "continues to rise," the U.N. Refugee Agency said on Sunday.
Helena, right, and her brother Bodia from Lviv are seen at the Medyka pedestrian border crossing, in eastern Poland on Feb. 26, 2022.
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The agency said earlier on Sunday that about 200,000 people crossed Ukraine’s borders as refugees. On Saturday, the figure had been about 150,000 people, said Filippo Grandi, U.N. high commissioner for refugees.
Feb 27, 2022, 5:25 AM EST
Fighting intensifies in Kharkiv, with Russia claiming Ukrainian surrenders
An intense battle is being waged on Sunday for Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, with Russia overnight pounding the city with rocket barrages and videos on Sunday showing street fighting.
Authorities said some columns of Russian light armored vehicles managed to enter the city and urged residents to stay indoors.
A view of a residential building damaged by recent shelling in Kharkiv on Feb. 26, 2022.
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Video published in Ukrainian media and shared by an advisor to Ukraine’s interior minister, showed Ukrainian troops firing assault rifles and rocket propelled grenades, close to what appeared to be a destroyed column of Russian vehicles. Other videos showed the Ukrainian troops, wearing yellow bands on their arms, inspecting the bullet-riddled Russian armored cars.
The mayor of Kharkiv has denied claims he is negotiating with the Russian forces, instead posting a photo of a group of heavily armed police posing with guns and promising to continue fighting.
People on the ground overnight described heavy artillery barrages, including from Russian ‘Grad' multiple rocket launchers.
The turret of a destroyed tank is seen on the roadside in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Feb. 26, 2022.
Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy/Reuters
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed on Sunday that over 450 Ukrainian service members from an anti-air unit had surrendered in the Kharkiv region. A defense ministry spokesman, Igor Konashenkov, told a briefing the troops from a Buk M-1 missile unit from Ukraine’s 302nd Air Defense Regiment had been taken prisoner.
ABC News was unable to independently verify the claim.
-ABC News’ Patrick Reevell, Anastasia Bagaeva and Tanya Stukalova
