Ukrainians Resist Russia Onslaught

“Ukrainian forces desperately fought back against a Russian military onslaught Friday, firing U.S.-made missiles at aircraft and tanks as the Kremlin’s rockets, artillery and missiles rained down on population centers from Kharkiv to Mariupol to the capital of Kyiv,” the Washington Post reports.

“As Moscow’s vastly superior air, naval and ground forces dug deeper into the country, Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared bent on regime change, calling on Ukraine’s armed forces to ‘take power’ from Ukraine’s democratically elected leaders, whom he called ‘drug addicts and neo-Nazis.’”

New York Times: “As Russian troops entered Kyiv on Friday, Ukraine’s military began arming civilians to help defend the capital.”

“Scores of residents stood in line to pick up assault rifles at a distribution center in central Kyiv after President Volodymyr Zelensky called for volunteers to take up arms.”