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RUSSIA-UKRAINE CONFLICT LATEST: nbcnews.to/3M8kZNh

• Ukraine fights to hold Kyiv as Russian army closes in

• Zelenskyy vows "we will protect our country," urges his people to join him in defiance

(Photo: A damaged apartment building in Kyiv 📷 Gleb Garanich / Reuters)

A Russian ship was seized off the coast of France by the country's maritime authorities because they suspected it belonged to a company targeted by EU sanctions. nbcnews.to/3HpcMRh

Twitter has been restricted in Russia amid a broader social media crackdown, according to an internet watchdog. nbcnews.to/3slU4WA

Firefighters work near a damaged apartment building in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday.

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📷 Aytac Unal / Anadolu via Getty Images

Ukrainian soldiers have been cutting down trees and piling up stones in the middle of roads to create barricades and protect the region around Mariupol, @NBCNews' @RichardEngel reports. nbcnews.to/3IsPTxH

People take cover as an air raid siren sounds in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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📷 Gleb Garanich / Reuters

Sec. Blinken authorizes an additional $350 million in military assistance to Ukraine. nbcnews.to/3M2HFyx

The U.S. continues to see indications of a viable Ukrainian resistance along with signs that the resistance is stiffer than the Russians expected, senior U.S. Defense Department official says. nbcnews.to/3M8OY7N

More than 50& of the Russian forces President Putin had amassed around Ukraine in preparation for the invasion have been committed inside the country, a senior U.S. Defense Department official says. nbcnews.to/3BXZv0R

The mayor of Kyiv has extended the 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. curfew until Monday morning as Ukrainian forces battle to keep hold of the capital city. nbcnews.to/3smuOj0

Two Kyiv residents were killed and 6 injured after a missile hit a high-rise apartment building early Saturday morning, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine says. nbcnews.to/3pliqxM

People fleeing Ukraine arrive at a border crossing in Beregsurany, Hungary.

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A man attempts to stop oncoming Russian military vehicles, video shared by Ukrainian news agency shows.

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Two Kyiv residents were killed and six injured after a missile hit a high-rise apartment building early Saturday morning, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine said.⁠

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A civilian volunteer waits with his gun at a defense unit registration office on Saturday in Kyiv.

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Civilian members of a defense unit fit their weapons to repel the Russian attacking forces in Kyiv on Saturday.

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📷 Mikhail Palinchak / AP

Ukrainian refugees walk along vehicles lining up to cross the border from Ukraine into Moldova at the Mayaky-Udobne crossing border point on Saturday.

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Volunteers help make molotov cocktails in the basement of a bomb shelter on Saturday in Kyiv.

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Ukrainian servicemen walk past a damaged vehicle in Kyiv. nbcnews.to/3pgNv5C

📷Valentyn Ogirenko / Reuters

After scoring a goal, Aston Villa's Matty Cash displays a message in support of Polish teammate Tomasz Kedziora, who plays for Dynamo Kyiv and remains in Ukraine.

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People gather in Duomo Square, Milan, Italy, on Saturday after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Civilian volunteers check their guns at a Territorial Defense unit registration office Saturday in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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A former commanding general of U.S. Army Europe says he believes Kyiv might not fall. nbcnews.to/3td2z5t

NEW: Germany says it will send Ukraine 1,000 tank defense weapons and 500 ground-to-air, or "Stinger," missiles from its military stockpiles. nbcnews.to/3Hq6e4T

German foreign minister says her country is working to further sanction Moscow and is considering targeting Russia's involvement in the SWIFT banking system. nbcnews.to/3vijNB7

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy: "We will fight as much as necessary to liberate our country." nbcnews.to/3vu5Dg6

A mother hugs her son at a Ukraine-Hungary border crossing on Saturday.

The boy was handed with his sister at the Ukrainian side of the border by their father, who is not allowed to cross, to a stranger who kept them safe as they crossed.

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Ukrainian President Zelenskyy asks the United Nations secretary-general to strip Russia of its vote on the Security Council. nbcnews.to/3IvZcgn

Texas Gov. Abbott asks businesses in the state to "voluntarily remove" all Russian products from their offerings. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…

Volunteers pack essential goods as part of a collection campaign for Ukraine, organized by the "Svitanok" cultural Ukrainian association in Madrid, Spain.

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The Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S. says her government is sending its allegations of Russian war crimes to The Hague, home of the International Criminal Court. nbcnews.to/3K3Hotv

Russian police detain a demonstrator in St. Petersburg on Saturday. nbcnews.to/3pk2prM

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A refugee who fled the conflict in Ukraine sits next to her 5-month-old son in the event hall of a hotel offering shelter in Siret, Romania on Saturday.

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📷 Andreea Alexandru / AP

Governors of Ohio and New Hampshire move to halt the purchase or sale of Russian-made vodka.

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Banks removed from SWIFT banking system would have to "use a telephone or a fax machine" to send money internationally, a senior Biden administration official says.
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French President Macron has asked his Belarus counterpart to demand that the country, Ukraine’s neighbor, quickly order Russian troops to leave.

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The U.N. Security Council will meet Sunday afternoon. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…

Children who fled the conflict in neighboring Ukraine play on the floor of an event hall in a hotel offering shelter in Siret, Romania on Saturday.

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📷 Andreea Alexandru / AP

Kyiv children's hospital says it remained intact, 6-year-old caught in nearby attack dead

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Shelling in northeast Ukraine reportedly hits residential building, 1 dead nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…

Ballistic missiles struck the city of Vasylkiv, south of Kyiv, and an oil plant was on fire, the city's mayor said. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…

Russian forces blow up gas pipeline in Kharkiv, Ukrainian officials say nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…

Google blocks state-owned media outlet, other Russian channels from earning ad dollars after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…

LATEST: As Ukraine starts its fourth day fending off Russian troops and munitions, a Kyiv official declared Sunday that the capital city was still in the hands of Ukrainians. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…

Nova Kakhovka, a city in southern Ukraine home to a strategic hydroelectric power plant, has been taken over by Russian troops, the city's mayor says. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…

Russian troops move into the center of Kharkiv, the second-largest city in Ukraine. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…