Residents in the Ukrainian capital were urged to head to shelters as Russia launched missile attacks at Ukraine overnight. Meanwhile, North Korean soldiers have actively joined fighting alongside Moscow's forces near the Russian border,

European governments and the U.S. have so far denied Kyiv permission to use their weapons for long-range strikes into Russia. Moscow has said such a move would be treated as tantamount to their direct involvement in the conflict, raising fears that it would open them up for retaliatory action.