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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.