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this is bbc news. our top stories: explosions are heard across the ukrainian capital, kyiv, with unconfirmed reports a russian aircraft has been shot down. this has been shot down. comes as russia s invasion enters this comes as russia s invasion enters a second day. ukraine s president says 137 citizens have been killed in violent so far. the eu is the latest in the west to take sanctions on russia, targeting its financial, energy and transport sectors. it s commission president says it is a watershed moment. putin is trying to subjugate a friendly european country, and he is trying to redraw the maps of europe by force. he must, and he will fail.
clive myrie, bbc news, in kyiv. thanks very much to clive. let us bring you some of the pictures from here right now, dawn is breaking in the centre of the city. just some updates, if you are justjoining of the city. just some updates, if you arejustjoining us, there were reports early on friday of exposed explosions and aircraft shot down over here. ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, said that dubber tours had entered the capital. there have been battles all across the country sabha tours. thousands of leading cities fleeing. mostly ukrainians have stayed. we have been hearing in here from one of our colleagues that many are sheltering in bunkers or underground metro stations. we saw clive with some of those. general mobilisation has
translation: whoever tries to interfere with us or threaten our country should know that russia s response will be immediate and lead to such consequences that have never been experienced in history. hours after he spoke, this was the picture in cities across the country. air raid siren wails distant explosions images from ukraine s northern and southern borders showed moscow s forces streaming in. ukraine s beleaguered president, translation: what do we hear today? - it s not just rocket explosions, combat and the roar of aircraft. this is the sound of a new iron curtain, lowering and closing russia away from the civilised world. our national task
this is bbc news. our top stories: explosions are heard across the ukrainian capital, kyiv, with unconfirmed reports a russian aircraft has been shot down. this has been shot down. comes as russia s invasion enters this comes as russia s invasion enters a second day. ukraine s president says 137 citizens have been killed in violent so far. the eu is the latest in the west to take sanctions on russia, targeting its financial, energy and transport sectors. it s commission president says it is a watershed moment. putin is trying to subjugate a friendly european country, and he is trying to redraw the maps of europe by force. he must, and he will fail. leaving their lives behind: