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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops pressed toward Ukraine’s capital Saturday, after a night of explosions and street fighting that sent Kyiv residents seeking shelter underground. The country's president refused an American offer to evacuate, insisting that he would stay. “The fight is here,” he said.It was not immediately clear how far Russian troops had advanced. Ukrainian

Ukrainian officials reported some success in fending off assaults, but fighting persisted near the capital.

According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Vitaly Shakun was manning the Henichesk bridge in the Kherson region near Crimea when Kremlin troops advanced.

Ukrainian officials reported some success in fending off assaults, but fighting persisted near the capital.

With fighting in Kyiv streets overnight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged his country to repel Russian troops trying to take the capital.

The latest on the Russia-Ukraine crisis:

Russia on Saturday ordered its troops to advance in Ukraine "from all directions" as the Ukrainian capital Kyiv imposed a blanket curfew and officials reported

Ukrainian officials reported some success in fending off assaults, but fighting persisted near the capital.

Paul Hodgson, originally from Tyne and Wear, teaches at Kyiv's British International School.

President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling on Ukrainians to ‘stand firm’ in a fight for the future of their country.