More remarkable footage emerged this morning as the war in Ukraine entered its third day.
Locals and cameramen captured the latest developments in the bloody conflict in eastern Europe, as Ukraine refuses to surrender amid an onslaught of Russian attacks.
It comes as the president emerged on Saturday morning defiant and determined in the face of Russian advances on his capital city, vowing to fight Vladimir Putin’s forces.
Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the false claims that he had surrendered and told his compatriots to lay down arms, and insisted his country would not give in to Russian aggression.
Here, MailOnline looks at the most iconic videos of the battle from both sides today:
Russian missile strikes high-rise apartment block in Kyiv
A high-rise apartment block in Kyiv was hit by a devastating missile this morning as fighting continues to rage in the capital between Russian attackers and Ukrainian forces.
Emergency services said the number of victims was ‘being specified’ and that an evacuation was underway. Images show the tower block with a hole covering at least five floors blasted into the side and rubble strewn across the street below.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the missile slammed into a high-rise building on the southwestern outskirts of Kyiv near Zhuliany airport on Saturday. He said rescue workers were heading there.
Footage from inside building reveals extent of devastation
Dramatic CCTV images show the inside of the Kyiv apartment block moments before it was attacked by a Russian missile.
A huge explosion can then be seen as the missile connects with the apartment and the extent of the devastation is revealed.
The apartment window smashes and a plume of smoke billows through the room.
Ukrainian family suffers a flat tyre as they flee homeland
As the sound of of artillery rages in the background, one Ukrainian family suffered an obstacle in their bid to flee to safety at the worst possible time.
A woman, Elena, and her loved ones suffered a flat tyre on the road out of Kyiv, as she told the whole family is ‘very afraid’ and can’t now go back to their home.
Soldier, 21, guarding Kyiv footbridge admits his fears
While some Ukrainian soldiers on the frontline of this war will have decades of experience to call upon, that is not the case for many others.
Sergiy Petroshenko, aged just 21, and having fired just 16 rounds of ammunition in his life, has been tasked with guarding a Kyiv footbridge.
He told Sky News: ‘There are Russians based in my village. From my village they’re going to go here to Kyiv to capture it. It’s really scary and terrifying.
‘I called my parents and they are really scared. There’s Russians in our village – enemies – there are tanks, heavy vehicles. I hope they will be fine.’
Fierce Ukrainian challenges Russian paratrooper invaders
A video shows a furious Ukrainian resident in Melitopol, challenging two Russian paratrooper invaders, telling them they have no business in his country.
‘ I am [ethnic] Russian, too,’ he tells the heavily armed troops. ‘Don’t you have your own problems in your country?
Second day of dramatic videos from war in Ukraine: From missile strikes on Kyiv to Ukrainian troops blowing up bridge and protesting Russians hurling Molotov cocktails in Moscow
Russia’s war with Ukraine cranked up a notch on Friday as Vladimir Putin’s forces launched a brutal pincer movement around Kyiv.
Locals and cameramen captured horrifying footage of bombs dropping, soldiers shooting and jets screeching overhead as fighting raged in Europe.
A huge fireball was spotted exploding at a key airbase in the centre of the country after a missile smashed into it.
Ukrainians were recorded sprinting from a major train station to bunker down in the nearby metro as the harrowing wails of an air raid siren bellowed.
Meanwhile Russians protested the war in Moscow and were spotted launching Molotov cocktails towards police.
Russian forces continued their brutal offensive into Ukraine today as they circled the capital city Kyiv.
But the Ukrainian military – joined by civilians who answered the call to arms – positioned themselves ready for the onslaught.
Here, MailOnline looks at the most iconic videos of the battle form both sides today:
Ukrainian military blow up bridge to slow down the Russians
Incredible footage shows Ukrainian armed forces sacrificing a bridge near the second city of Kharkiv.
The soldiers blew up the crossing in the east of the country to try to slow the continued Russian advance.
The clip captured a car driving towards the bridge before a huge inferno erupts in front of it as the bomb strikes.
Shots are fired in the air to disperse terrified train station crowds
Shots were fired at a packed train station today as terrified citizens tried to flee as Russian troops loomed.
Gunfire went off as screaming crowds surged towards carriages in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
Local soldiers were later seen marching through the terminal to huge rounds of applause.
Ukrainian citizen tries to block off Russian military convoy
A Ukrainian citizen stood up to Vladimir Putin’s troops today by trying to block a Russian military convoy.
The footage, thought to have been filmed in the south of the country close to Crimea, saw the unit briefly halted.
The incredible scenes were reminiscent of Tiananmen Square’s ‘tank man’ blocking Chinese forces in 1989.
Projectiles stream down from the sky over Kyiv
One stunning video that emerged overnight showed bright projectiles showering the capital with wreckage
One stunning video that emerged overnight showed bright projectiles showering the capital with wreckage.
Huge flecks of rubbish streamed down in spirals before slamming into the ground by Kyiv.
Stunned onlookers recorded the scenes while the sound of fighter jets can be heard rumbling.
Molotov cocktails are thrown in Moscow at illegal rally
Russians ignited Molotov cocktails in Moscow as they protested dictator Vladimir Putin’s brutal war
Russians ignited Molotov cocktails in Moscow as they protested dictator Vladimir Putin’s brutal war.
Demonstrators took to the streets around Pushkinskaya station on the city’s metro, where many were arrested during a police crackdown.
Meanwhile the Ukrainian defence ministry also told people to light the weapons as an easy way to attack the looming Russians.
Gunfire erupts on the outskirts of Kyiv as Russian forces loom
A terrified citizen recorded themselves sprinting through the outskirts of Kyiv as the pop of gunfire went off.
The Ukrainian fled through the Obolon district before taking cover inside a building with others.
It comes as Russian forces started to surround the capital city, but the locals continued to fight back.
Russian tank ‘runs over civilian’s car in outer Kyiv
A Russian tank appeared to run over a civilian’s car on a road on the outskirts of Kyiv as they continued the army continued its assault on the city.
The huge battle vehicle accelerated to roll over the machine, but it is not clear if anyone was inside it.
Other cars on the road stopped in dread and a women recording the footage could be heard weeping.
Huge explosion goes off at airbase in the Rostov region of Russia
Among the many huge explosions caught on camera today was this one in the Rostov region of Russia as Ukrainian troops fought back.
A fireball engulfed the area and a massive cloud of smoke emerged after the eruption in Millerovo.
The area is close to the border with Donetsk and saw vicious fighting between the two forces in the past two days.
Huge fireball explodes at airbase as Russian offensive continued
A huge fireball went off at a major airbase as Russian forces continued their offensive into Ukraine.
The blast caused flames to leap up into the air as Ukraine’s Vasylkiv compound was hit by the enemy.
The footage was recorded from a car on the highway, which accelerated towards the explosion while others turned off the road.
Terrified citizens run from train station to metro station for cover
Terrified citizens ran from a major train station to an underground metro station for cover today.
The people in Kyiv sprinted to shelter as eerie sound of bomb sirens wailed in the background.
It came as Russia stepped up its assault on the capital today as fighter jets and soldiers descended on the city.
Ukrainian forces dish out rifles to civilians on the streets
Stunning scenes showed Ukrainian forces dishing out rifles to ordinary citizens as they stepped up to defend their country.
Footage showed young and old men rooting through ammunition and protective clothing as they prepared for battle.
It comes as the West continued to refuse to deploy troops into the war-torn country, despite amassing soldiers in nearby NATO countries.
Huge flash of light as Kyiv comes under fire
The Ukrainian capital was lit up by a huge ball of light as the city came under heavy bombardment.
Kyiv was covered in light as Russian artillery fired on the city and left terrified residents cowering in their homes.
The light remained across the skyline for a matter of seconds before retreating to the ground as embers.
First day of dramatic videos from war in Ukraine: Cruise missiles fly overhead, Russian troops parachute in and devastating explosions around citizens
by Lauren Lewis for MailOnline
Ukrainians yesterday recorded footage of war unfolding before their eyes with cruise missiles flying overhead, Russian troops parachuting in and devastating explosions around them on the first day of the conflict.
Putin had hours earlier launched all-out war on Ukraine with a multi-pronged assault on the country from the north, south and east.
Extraordinary video showed what appeared to be a cruise missile slamming into Ivano-Frankivsk airport, also in the west.
Russian troops were filmed parachuting into Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city which sits on the eastern border with Russia.
While video filmed in Odessa, in the country’s southwest, showed the sky light up bright white by an explosion.
Similar footage from Kharkiv showed a massive explosion within the city, though it was not clear what the target was.
Luhansk, Sumy, Kharkiv, Uman and Chernihiv in the east of Ukraine all reported coming under attack, but blasts were also reported in the west – in Zhytomyr and Lviv, close to the border with Poland.
Here are the most iconic clips from day one of the crisis:
Missing shell hits passerby cyclist
This is the moment a passerby cyclist was hit by a shell as it missed its target in Uman in the Cherkassy region of Ukraine
This is the moment a passerby cyclist was hit by a shell as it missed its target in Uman in the Cherkassy region of Ukraine.
Reports stated that at least one civilian was killed and five others wounded in the missile attack, which sparked an evacuation of the population within a 19 mile radius of the nearby military unit.
Tank stand off outside Kharkiv
Video filmed on the outskirts of Kharkiv, in the east of Ukraine, purports to show Ukrainian tanks engaged in a stand off with Russian forces who rolled over the border in the early hours
Video filmed on the outskirts of Kharkiv, in the east of Ukraine, purports to show Ukrainian tanks engaged in a stand off with Russian forces who rolled over the border in the early hours.
A Ukrainian woman can be heard on the footage saying: ‘Russian tanks are standing at the ring road. And ours are shelling them.
‘Shoot at them, at people. Do not let anybody go.’
Missile strike on warehouse in Odessa
This is the moment a Russian Kalibr missile hit a warehouse in Odessa, in the southwestern corner of Ukraine, around 10:15am today
Video shows the warehouse becoming a fireball after it is hit by the missile – the latest in a barrage that have hit key Ukrainian military warehouses and depots since Russian strongman Putin ordered troops over the border in the early hours of today
Footage shows the warehouse imploding after the strike this morning. The city of Odessa, where one of Ukraine’s main naval bases is located, was also attacked
Footage from Odessa in the southwestern corner of Ukraine shows a warehouse being destroyed by a Russia Kalibr missile just after 10:15 this morning.
It is the latest in a barrage of missiles that have hit key Ukrainian military warehouses and depots since Russian strongman Putin ordered troops over the border in the early hours.
The city of Odessa, where one of Ukraine’s main naval bases is located, was also attacked. Russian tankers appeared to have blockaded the Kerch Strait, leading from the Back Sea to the Sea of Azov, cutting off Mariupol.
Missile strike on airport in Ukraine’s east
Footage from Western Ukraine showed a missile soaring in and landing on an already smoking building at an airport in the region. The building bursts into flames before a large cloud of dark smoke rises over the area
Footage from Western Ukraine showed a missile soaring in and landing on an already smoking building at Ivano-Frankivsk airport. The building appears to burst into flames before a large cloud of dark smoke rises over the area.
Cruise missiles, guided bombs and GRAD rockets also took out targets from east to west – aimed at airfields, military bases, ammo dumps, and command posts.
Russian President Putin has targeted airports across Ukraine, among them Chuguyev airport near Kharkiv, in the country’s east in what appears to be a strategic bid to cripple the country and take control of the skies as soldiers squeeze from the north, east and south.
Moscow has boasted of taking full control of the skies – though Ukraine reported that six Russian jets were shot out of the sky over the eastern Donbass region with 50 Russian troops killed.
Russian tanks surround Chernobyl nuclear power plant
A Russian T-72 tank is pictured sitting in front of the main reactor at Chernobyl after Putin’s forces seized it in a ‘fierce’ battle with the condition of nuclear storage facilities ‘unknown’
Russian armoured vehicles park on roads near the Chernobyl plant, amid fears that damage to the facility could cause a radiation leak that would blanket Europe with fallout
Russian T-72 tank were pictured sitting in front of the main reactor at Chernobyl after Putin’s forces seized it in a ‘fierce’ battle.
The condition of nuclear storage facilities was ‘unknown’ by later afternoon on Thursday, amid fears that damage to the facility could cause a radiation leak that would blanket Europe with fallout.
Russian helicopters seize control of airport outside Kiev
Russian Mi-8 attack helicopters stage an assault on Gostomel air base, just on the outskirts of Kiev, after Vladimir Putin launched an all-out attack on the country
Just after midday on Thursday, the skies Gostomel air base, just on the outskirts of Kiev, swarmed with a squadron of 20 Russian helicopters which pounded the air base’s runway.
But Ukrainian ground forces launched a fight-back, moving in to retake the air field as jets streaking over the city, shooting down the Russian helicopters.
The attack underlined just how close the invaders were not to the capital. Soon after, the distant roar of fighter jets high above the city stoked another wave of panic.
Wreckage in Kiev after missile hits residential street
Footage showed the wreckage of what appeared to be a Russian missile on a residential street in southern Kiev on Thursday afternoon.
A witness said she heard a ‘terrible explosion’ outside her building before all the nearby car alarms started ringing.
Describing the attack, she said ‘there was no smoke, no smell, no nothing’ apart from the sound. Military personnel were pictured inspecting the site later on Thursday.
Fire breaks out at Mariupol International Airport
A fire broke out at Mariupol International Airport on Thursday morning after Russian forces attacked the port city, where one of Ukraine’s main naval bases is located
A fire broke out at Mariupol International Airport on Thursday morning after Russian forces attacked the port city, where one of Ukraine’s main naval bases is located.
Odessa, the country’s other primary naval base, was also attacked by appeared to remain under Ukrainian control as of Thursday afternoon.
Russian tankers blockaded the Kerch Strait, leading from the Back Sea to the Sea of Azov, cutting off Mariupol.
Russian military trucks head for Crimea
Russian military trucks were filmed apparently heading for Crimea, though it was not clear where they came from since Russia does not have a land border with the peninsula
Russian military trucks were filmed apparently heading for Crimea, though it was not clear where they came from since Russia does not have a land border with the peninsula, hours after Moscow’s forces started to batter Ukraine.
The Ukrainian army was on Thursday afternoon fighting in almost every region of the country, battling the Russians for control of military bases, airports, cities and ports from Kharkiv to Kiev, and Donetsk to Odessa.
Russian helicopters fly over and tanks head towards hydroelectric power plant
Russian helicopters were filmed flying over and tanks heading towards the Kakhovka hydroelectric plant
Russian soldiers raise a flag over the Kakhovka Hydroelectric plant after attacking it with helicopters
Russian helicopters were filmed flying over and tanks heading towards the Kakhovka hydroelectric plant.
Moscow’s soldiers were seen raising a flag on top of the plant later in the day. Russia has targeted key plants, military depots and warehouses in the opening stages of what appears to be a full-scale invasion.
Kiev residents pack into an underground shelter
Residents packed into an underground shelter in Kiev as Russian forces bombarded the Ukrainian capital. Footage shows citizens huddled together in the basement wearing warm clothes as they waited for the shelling to stop
Residents packed into an underground shelter in Kiev as Russian forces bombarded the Ukrainian capital on Thursday after Putin ordered an all-out invasion of the country.
Footage shows citizens huddled together in the basement wearing warm clothes as they waited for the shelling to stop.
Massive explosion in Kharkiv
Footage from Kharkiv, Ukraine’s largest city which sits on the eastern border with Russia, showed an explosion rocking the region
Footage from Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city which sits on the eastern border with Russia, showed an explosion rocking the region.
US intelligence chiefs had already said the city was at particular risk of being targeted in a Russian invasion as it is close to the Ukrainian-Russian border.
Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister, said on Facebook that the Russian military had launched missile strikes on Ukrainian military command facilities, air bases and military depots in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Dnipro.
And on Wednesday night, a huge military convoy of more than 100 trucks with soldiers were heading in the direction of the city.
Russian paratroopers parachute into Ukraine
Video filmed in Kharkiv, close to Ukraine’s border with Russia, purported to show Russian troops parachuting into the country
Video filmed in Kharkiv, close to Ukraine’s border with Russia, purported to show Russian troops parachuting into the country.
The footage, taken in the daylight, shows on of several attacks on Ukraine from all fronts, with bombs and missiles striking targets across the country, ground forces rolling in from Belarus, Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk.
An apartment block in Kharkiv was struck, causing civilian casualties, during the early hours before troops were seen arriving in the east of Ukraine.
Explosions hit near Ukrainian army warehouse
Footage shows explosions hitting Svatove, a city in the east of Ukraine. Reports said the missiles had hit ‘near’ a warehouse storing Ukrainian army equipment
Footage shows explosions hitting Svatove, a city in the east of Ukraine. Reports said the missiles had hit ‘near’ a warehouse storing Ukrainian army equipment.
Russian troops have launched targeted missile strikes on Ukrainian military command facilities, air bases and military depots in what appears to be a strategic bid to cripple the country.
The invasion marks the most concerted attempt to up-end world order since the end of the Cold War, and risks sparking the bloodiest conflict in Europe since the end of the Second World War.
Explosion in Odessa
Video from Krasnopillia, near Odessa in the southwestern corner of Ukraine purported to show part of a ground invasion with blinding bright light and a smoke cloud hanging over the area
Video from Krasnopillia, near Odessa in the southwestern corner of Ukraine, showed the night sky lit up bright white following an explosion.
It came after Vladimir Putin gave an extraordinary early-morning address to the Russian nation – delivered during a UN meeting aimed at avoiding war – in which he declared a ‘special military operation’ to ‘de-militarise’ and ‘de-Nazify’ Ukraine in what amounted to a outright declaration of war.
The Russian strongman also issued a chilling warning to any country thinking of coming to Ukraine’s aid, vowing ‘consequences greater than any you have faced in history’.
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba described the assault as a ‘full-scale invasion’ and said Ukraine will ‘defend itself and will win. The world can and must stop Putin. The time to act is now.’
Air raid warning sirens blare in Kiev
Video filmed in the capital Kiev showed air sirens wailing as residents woke up to a Russian invasion after weeks of warnings that Putin was preparing a land, air and sea assault
Video filmed in the capital Kiev showed air sirens wailing as residents woke up to a Russian invasion after weeks of warnings that Putin was preparing a land, air and sea assault.
Terrified citizens rushed to bomb shelters through the night despite no air raid warnings sounded in the capital until early morning – only the frequent muffled crump of missile or air strikes breaking through the pre-dawn stillness.
Others reported sheltering in subways and basements as the sounds of distant explosions became a constant backdrop.
Images from Kiev showed highways out of the city gridlocked as people tried to flee after Russian bombs started to fall – but with the whole country under simultaneous attack, there was little safety to be found.
Tanks roll in from Belarus
Footage showed tanks rolling into Ukraine from Belarus after dictator Alexander Lukashenko threw his forces into the fight
Footage showed tanks rolling into Ukraine from Belarus after dictator Alexander Lukashenko threw his forces into the fight.
The CCTV footage at Belarusian-Ukrainian checkpoint Senkovka-Veselovka captured at least four T-72B tanks, at least eight MT-LB tractors, and a Ural truck crossing the border.
Russia had been massing troops along its border with Ukraine since October but added to its arsenal by deploying soldiers to Belarus in January, ostensibly for war games.
Fighters jets spotted over Ukrainian cities
Video this morning showed what was thought to be Russian jets flying over major cities in Ukraine – among them helicopters as well as fighter jets
Video this morning showed what was thought to be Russian jets flying over major cities in Ukraine – among them helicopters as well as fighter jets.
Terrified citizens sheltered indoors, in subways and basements as air raid siren warnings wailed into the morning after Putin ordered his troops into the country overnight.
Russian fighter jet flies over Dnipro
Video posted online showed a fighter jet flying over Dnipro, in the centre-east of Ukraine, in the early hours of the morning
Video posted online showed a fighter jet flying over Dnipro, in the centre-east of Ukraine, in the early hours of the morning.
The moon was still visible as the jet soared over the city hours after Putin ordered an all-out invasion of Ukraine by his forces who have been massed on the border in recent months.
Russian forces roll into Kharkiv
Russian forces were seen arriving in Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine this morning. Armoured vehicles were spotted driving on the outskirts of the city as tanks and troops were seen stopping civilians as they tried to leave the area in their cars
Russian forces were seen arriving in Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine this morning hours after Putin ordered troops to launch an invasion of the country – as terrified residents tried to flee.
Armoured vehicles were spotted driving on the outskirts of the city as tanks and troops were seen stopping civilians as they tried to leave the area in their cars.
Missiles rained down in the city, which US intelligence chiefs had warned was at particular risk of being targeted in a Russian invasion as it is close to the Ukrainian-Russian border, in the early hours.
Debris from Russian missile found in Kiev
Footage showed the debris of an X-32 missile which landed in Kiev this morning, hours after Putin ordered an all-out invasion of Ukraine
Footage showed the debris of an X-32 missile which landed in Kiev this morning, hours after Putin ordered an all-out invasion of Ukraine.
Cruise missiles, guided bombs and GRAD rockets took out targets from east to west – aimed at airfields, military bases, ammo dumps, and command posts including in the capital.
Shelling hear in Mariupol
Residents of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, captured the sound of shelling in the city early this morning after Putin ordered an all-out invasion of the country
Residents of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, captured the sound of shelling in the city early this morning after Putin ordered an all-out invasion of the country.
Footage filmed through a window in an apartment complex showed that people were taking shelter in their homes as shelling sounded out nearby.
Explosions in Mariupol
Footage shows smoke supposedly rising on the skyline after the blasts were heard near Mariupol, eastern Ukraine
CCTV footage caught a livestream of explosions in Mariupol, one of Ukraine’s primary naval bases, around 3:41am on Thursday.
Footage shows smoke supposedly rising on the skyline after the blasts were heard near the port city in eastern Ukraine.
Explosions heard in Kharkiv
Video captures explosions in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city located in the east of the country, near the border with Russia.
Nearby pro-Russian rebel forces pushed out from the occupied Donbass region, capturing two villages and claimed to have shot two Ukrainian jets out of the skies.
Cloud of orange smoke fills Dnipro skyline
Footage captured a huge cloud of orange smoke filling the skyline above Dnipro, near the Dnieper River, early on Thursday
Footage captured a huge cloud of orange smoke filling the skyline above Dnipro, near the Dnieper River, early on Thursday.
It came as Putin’s forces launched a barrage of attacks on Ukraine after the Russian strongman ordered what has been interpreted as an all out invasion of the country.
Air raid sirens sounded across Ukraine
Roads in cities across the country were gridlocked with Ukrainian citizens trying to flee the advance of the Russian army as air sirens wailed in warning of an incoming attack.
Long lines also formed at gas stations around the city, but with so many places being pounded from the air, it wasn’t obvious where would be the safest place to flee to.
