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    Russian troops pressed toward Ukraine鈥檚 capital Saturday, after a night of explosions and street fighting that sent Kyiv residents seeking shelter underground. The country鈥檚 president refused an American offer to evacuate, insisting that he would stay. 鈥淭he fight is here,鈥 he said.

    It was not immediately clear how far Russian troops had advanced. Ukrainian officials reported some success in fending off assaults, but fighting persisted near the capital. Skirmishes reported on the edge of the city suggested that small Russian units were probing Ukrainian defenses to clear a path for the main forces.

    Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitchsko said a missile hit a high-rise building on the city鈥檚 southwestern outskirts. He posted an image showing a gaping hold in one side of the building that ravaged apartments on several floors. There was no immediate word on casualties.

    The swift movement of the troops after less than three days of fighting further imperiled a country clinging to independence in the face of a broad Russian assault, which threatened to topple Ukraine鈥檚 democratic government and scramble the post-Cold War world order.

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy offered renewed assurance Saturday that the country鈥檚 military would stand up to the Russian invasion. In a video recorded on a downtown Kyiv street, he said he remained in the city and that claims the Ukrainian military would put down arms were false.

    鈥淲e aren鈥檛 going to lay down weapons. We will protect the country,鈥 the Ukrainian president said. 鈥淥ur weapon is our truth, and our truth is that it鈥檚 our land, our country, our children. And we will defend all of that.鈥

    U.S. officials believe Russian President Vladimir Putin is determined to overthrow Ukraine鈥檚 government and replace it with a regime of his own. The invasion represented Putin鈥檚 boldest effort yet to redraw the map of Europe and revive Moscow鈥檚 Cold War-era influence. It triggered new international efforts to end the invasion, including direct sanctions on Putin.

    The Kremlin accepted Kyiv鈥檚 offer to hold talks, but it appeared to be an effort to squeeze concessions out of the embattled Zelenskyy instead of a gesture toward a diplomatic solution.

    The U.S. government urged Zelenskyy early Saturday to evacuate Kyiv but he turned down the offer, according to a senior American intelligence official with direct knowledge of the conversation. The official quoted the president as saying that 鈥渢he fight is here鈥 and that he needed anti-tank ammunition but 鈥渘ot a ride.鈥

    The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

    Saturday鈥檚 street clashes followed two days of massive air and missile strikes that Russian officials said targeted Ukrainian military facilities as their ground troops moved in from the north, east and south. The assault pummeled bridges, schools and apartment buildings, and resulted in hundreds of casualties.

    Ukraine鈥檚 health minister reported Saturday that 198 people have been killed and more than 1,000 others have been wounded since the Russian offensive started before dawn Thursday with massive air and missile strikes and troops forging into Ukraine from the north, east and south.

    Health Minister Viktor Lyashko said the death toll included included three children. His statement did not make clear whether the total figure included both military and civilians.

    City officials in Kyiv urged residents to seek shelter, to stay away from windows and to take precautions to avoid flying debris or bullets. Many spent the night in basements, underground parking garages and subway stations.

    鈥淲e鈥檙e all scared and worried. We don鈥檛 know what to do then, what鈥檚 going to happen in a few days,鈥 said Lucy Vashaka, 20, a worker at a small Kyiv hotel.

    But Zelenskyy adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said Ukrainian forces controlled the situation when the small Russian units tried to infiltrate Kyiv. A British official, Armed Forces Minister James Heappey, said fighting in the capital was so far confined to 鈥渧ery isolated pockets of Russian special forces and paratroopers鈥 and that 鈥渢he main armored columns approaching Kyiv are still some way off.鈥

    Russia鈥檚 defense ministry claimed the Russian military had taken full control of the southern city of Melitopol, about 22 miles (35 kilometer)s inland from the Azov Sea coast.

    It was unclear in the fog of war how much of Ukraine was still under Ukrainian control and how much Russian forces have seized. U.N. officials said millions of residents could flee Ukraine for neighboring countries in the West.

    The United States and other global powers moved to freeze the assets of Putin and his foreign minister Friday as part of tougher sanctions on Russia as the invasion reverberated through the world鈥檚 economy and energy supplies.

    Sports leagues also sought to punish Russia, and the popular Eurovision song contest banned Russian acts from the event鈥檚 May finals in Italy.

    Russia remained unbowed, vetoing a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding that it stop attacking Ukraine and withdraw troops immediately. The veto was expected, but the U.S. and its supporters argued that the effort would highlight Moscow鈥檚 international isolation.

    The 11-1 vote, with China, India and the United Arab Emirates abstaining, showed significant opposition to Russia鈥檚 invasion of its smaller, militarily weaker neighbor.

    NATO, meanwhile, decided to send parts of the alliance鈥檚 response force to help protect member nations in the east for the first time. NATO did not say how many troops would be deployed but added that it would involve land, sea and air power.

    It was unclear how many people overall had died in the largest ground war in Europe since World War II.

    Ukrainian officials claimed hundreds of Russians have died in the first days of fighting. Russian authorities released no casualty figures.

    U.N. officials reported 25 civilian deaths, mostly from shelling and airstrikes, and said more than 120,000 Ukrainians have left the country for Poland, Moldova and other neighboring nations. The U.N. estimates that up to 4 million could flee if the fighting escalates.

    Late Friday, U.S. President Joe Biden signed a memo authorizing up to $350 million in additional security assistance to Ukraine, bringing the total security aid approved for Ukraine to $1 billion over the past year. It was not clear how quickly the aid would flow.

    The assault was anticipated for weeks by the U.S. and Western allies and denied to be in the works just as long by Putin. He argued that the West left him with no other choice by refusing to negotiate Russia鈥檚 security demands.

    Putin has not disclosed his ultimate plans for Ukraine. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov gave a hint, saying, 鈥淲e want to allow the Ukrainian people to determine its own fate.鈥 Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia recognizes Zelenskyy as the president, but would not say how long the Russian military operation could last.

    Zelenskyy鈥檚 whereabouts were kept secret after he told European leaders in a call Thursday that he was Russia鈥檚 No. 1 target 鈥 and that they might not see him again alive. His office later released a video of him standing with senior aides outside the presidential office and saying that he and other government officials would stay in the capital.

    Zelenskyy offered Friday to negotiate on a key Putin demand: that Ukraine declare itself neutral and abandon its ambition of joining NATO. The Kremlin said Kyiv initially agreed to have talks in Minsk, then said it preferred Warsaw and later halted communications.

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    Isachenkov reported from Moscow. LaPorta reported from Boca Raton, Florida. Francesca Ebel, Josef Federman and Andrew Drake in Kyiv; Jill Lawless in London; Angela Charlton in Paris; Geir Moulson and Frank Jordans in Berlin; Raf Casert and Lorne Cook in Brussels; Nic Dumitrache in Mariupol, Ukraine; Matt Sedensky in New York; Jennifer Peltz at the United Nations; and Robert Burns, Matthew Lee, Aamer Madhani, Eric Tucker, Nomaan Merchant, Ellen Knickmeyer, Zeke Miller, Chris Megerian and Darlene Superville in Washington contributed to this report.

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