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Kyiv could be just hours away from a horrific Russian assault, as Western officials warn that Putins forces are tightening the noose around the Ukrainian capital.

Russias aviation sector has come under crippling Western sanctions over Vladimir Putins ruthless invasion of Ukraine, with Boeing and Airbus both halting the supply of components.

Jets and yachts owned or chartered by the seven elite individuals, including Roman Abramovich who is worth about £9.4billion, can be seized, the UKs sanctions stated.

James Heappey said the West is gathering evidence that can be used in a future prosecution, but added in interviews: What you see on your TV screens is a war crime.

Boris Johnson today said he fears Vladimir Putin will use chemical weapons in Ukraine because it would be straight out of Russias playbook.

The desperate conditions in the besieged port city, which was the target of Putins senseless attack on a maternity hospital, has led to the starving Ukrainians fighting over food, the Red Cross said.

Every street, every house is being fortified, the territorial defence is joining, mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko said today. Russian tanks this morning pushed to within just a few miles of the city.

Ten-year-old Lilia Dohoney, from Warrington, Cheshire, is hoping to raise money by challenging herself to cycle 50 miles in a month

Boris Johnson has vowed a new Marshall Plan to rebuild Ukraine in the aftermath of Putins brutal war, after Volodymyr Zelensky invoked Churchill in a defiant and emotional address to British MPs.

Russia claims it will observe a ceasefire on Wednesday to provide humanitarian corridors for Ukrainian civilians in Kyiv and four other cities trying to escape Vladimir Putins bombs.