The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

Ken Stewart, wife Tania and children Yaryna and Douglas made the arduous 38-hour trek from their home 40 miles from Kyiv to the Polish border in a desperate bid to escape invading Russian forces

The family is now in separate cities, unable to reach each other. Anna Meiling will not leave her injured husband in the country.

France will move its embassy from Ukrainian capital of Kyiv to the Western city of Lviv, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told BFM TV on Monday.

Satellite imagery taken on Monday showed Russian ground forces continued to move closer to Ukraine's capital with a military convoy that stretched over 17 miles (27 km), a private U.S. company said.

Former heavyweight boxing champions Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko of Ukraine are leading some of the resistance from the mayor's office in beleaguered Kyiv

Five days after Russia began its assault on Ukraine, citizens in cities and towns across the country continue to hold out against military advances on Monday. While the Ukrainian armed forces have faced off with a Russian offensive, citizen volunteers have become a key part of the Ukrainian resistance.

Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24. Here is a timeline of Ukraine's fraught relationship with Moscow since it won independence in 1991 and the events that led to the current conflict.

Two loud explosions were heard in Ukrainian capital Kyiv as the city was rocked again by ongoing Russian air strikes, with citizens scrambled for underground shelters

Bulgaria said it is evacuating its embassy staff from the Ukraine capital Kyiv after evacuating the staff from its consular office in Odessa, Foreign Minister Teodora Ganchovska said on Monday.

When Russia invaded Ukraine last week, Max Karmazin said he and his friends fled Kyiv to the relative safety of the west of the country.

The United States expects Russian forces to try to encircle Kyiv in the coming days and could become more aggressive out of frustration with their slow advance on the Ukrainian capital, a senior U.S. defense official said on Monday.