Ukrainian army says Russian convoy destroyed near Kyiv

Ukrainian troops inspected the damage of what they said was a destroyed Russian military convoy near Kyiv early on Saturday. The Ukrainian military said that a Russian convoy had been struck to the west of the capital Kyiv.

The claim was made as an adviser to Ukrainian President said that fighting was raging in the capital and in the country’s south and that the military was successfully fending off Russian assaults.

The invasion of Ukraine began early on Thursday with missile strikes on cities and military bases, followed by a multi-pronged ground assault that rolled troops in from separatist-held areas in the east; from the southern region of Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014; and from Belarus to the north.