▶️Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recorded a video address in Kyiv on Saturday urging residents not to believe fake information about the surrender of the Ukrainian army.

👉Explosions and gunfire could be heard Saturday in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, as Russian and Ukrainian forces battled for control of the city. City officials have imposed a curfew from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m.

Ukrainian officials are urging the country’s citizens to help defend Kyiv against the Russian forces. An army base in the capital was attacked but Ukraine’s military said that attack was repelled.

A high-rise apartment building in the capital was hit early Saturday. Ukraine’s foreign minister said the building was struck by a Russian missile. A rescue worker told The Associated Press that six people were injured in the missile strike. Video images of the building showed extensive damage on upper floors.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had predicted the attacks on Kyiv would become more intense Saturday.

“Kyiv requires special attention,” he said. “We cannot lose the capital.”

Zelenskyy said Saturday on Twitter that he had spoken with French President Emmanuel Macron. “Weapons and equipment from our partners are on the way to Ukraine. The anti-war coalition is working,” he tweeted.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Saturday that Russian troops have captured the southeastern Ukraine city of Melitopol.

Russian forces advancing on Kyiv and other key cities as part of a plan to "decapitate" Ukraine's government appear to have lost some momentum, U.S. and Western officials said Friday, as they and Moscow ramped up information operations to keep up with fighting on the ground.

A senior U.S. defense official, briefing reporters on the condition of anonymity in order to discuss intelligence, said the Russian forces had unleashed a barrage of more than 200 ballistic and cruise missiles since the invasion began, most of them targeting the Ukrainian military.

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