entered the capitol s perimeter, enormously significant. let s bring you up to date on the rest of the breaking news. ukraine s defense ministry reporting clashes, as we said, close to the city center, indeed in the city now. it says russian reconnaissance troops entered that northern district of the capitol and, again, asking citizens to make molotov cocktails and, quote, take down the occupier. this comes as ukraine s ministry says one of the fighter jets was shot down. the su 27 fighter jet was shot down early on friday over the capitol. photos tweeted by the ukrainian forces appearing to show a fire at a 2-story private home after fragments fell on it. those are the remnants of that precise jet, however. boris johnson assuring volodymyr zelenskyy that the world is, quote, united in its horror at
an elected government here, and instead install a russia friendly proxy, puppet government. ukrainian officials are vowing to resist any occupation. ukrainian defense ministry is urging citizens now to, quote, make molotov cocktails and take down the occupier. while ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy criticized western allies. this morning we are defending our country alone, just like yesterday, the most powerful country in the world looked on from a distance. russia was hit with sanctions yesterday, but these are not enough to get these foreign troops off our soil. officials believe russia has faced stiffer resistance from ukrainian forces than anticipated. overnight, ukraine claims to have shot down a russian jet over the outskirts of kyiv, and this morning new video apypears to show the aftermath of a long range missile slamming into a russian military air field near the ukrainian border. it is still unclear who carried out that attack.
everything possible to defend our people. we will hold strong. we have to destroy the occupier. everybody can come back to defend ukraine and will be a lot of work to rebuild the country, and everybody who can protect our country abroad, do it all the time and everyone who wants to come over here and defend our country, please come and we will give you arms. everybody who defends ukraine will have been glorified. i
this is cnn breaking news. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is friday, february 25th, i m brianna keilar with john beerman . russian forces pushing closer to the capital of ukraine, a few miles from the city center of kyiv. new reporting in moments ago that u.s. intelligence officials fear that the capital could fall within days. ukraine s president volodymyr zelenskyy releasing a new video message appealing directly to vladimir putin, he says, there is fighting all over ukraine now, let s sit down at the negotiation table to stop the people s deaths. in the meantime, citizens of ukraine are being asked to make molotov cocktails and take down the occupier. overnight, kyiv was hit by missile fire.
independence, our state, and it will remain so, glory to our defenders. glory to our women defenders. glory to ukraine. just within the hour multiple explosions have been heard on the outskirts of the capital with russian forces also advancing on kyiv from the north according to the ukrainian military and heavy fighting now reported south of the city. expect more to come on this as the morning unfolds there. already civilians have come under fire, whether deliberately or incidentally, we can t say. this is an apartment complex hit today. the biden administration believes that russia will threaten to kill families of ukrainian soldiers if they do not surrender. meantime on the streets of kyiv, residents, ordinary people are taking up arms. as russian troops moved into the north of the city, the ukrainian defense ministry tweeted for citizens to, quote, make molotov cocktails and take down the occupier. outside ukraine for the first time, nato activated its multinational response force