A 40 mile-long Russian armoured column closes in on Kyiv tonight as Ukraine ’s troops and citizens brace for a “medieval battle” to the death.
Stricken Ukrainian cities were surrounded as Vladimir Putin ’s tanks and invasion forces tightened their steel noose, barraging civilians and troops with rockets.
UK defence chiefs warned of an ever-increasingly more ruthless Russian assault on Ukraine’s civilians as its commanders became desperate to gain ground.