Achieved all goals, says Russia, 137 die in Ukraine on Day-1

Russia said its first day of the Ukraine invasion had achieved all its goals and that it had destroyed 83 land-based Ukrainian targets. According to official reports, Russia had carried out 203 attacks on its western neighbour since the beginning of the day. Ukranian  President Volodymyr Zelensky said 137 civilians and military personnel have been killed so far in the Russian invasion of his country. He called them "heroes" in a video address released early Friday in which he also said hundreds more have been wounded.Zelensky says that despite Russia's claim it is attacking only military targets, civilian sites also have been struck.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pledged on Friday to stay in Kyiv as the capital sees one of the biggest battles of Europe since World War -2. "(The) enemy has marked me down as the number one target. My family is the number two target. They want to destroy Ukraine politically by destroying the head of state. I will stay in the capital. My family is also in Ukraine," he said in a video message. The president said all border guards on Zmiinyi island in the Odesa region were killed on Thursday.