Ukraine-Russia war: Heavy fighting outside Capital Kyiv as Russian forces amp up assault

Russian forces moved deep into Ukraine on Friday on the second day of the three-pronged attack on the country.

Ukraine said that its forces are battling the Russian troops outside the Capital Kyiv.

On Friday morning, Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian fighter plane over Kyiv. Reports said that the jet crashed on a residential apartment in the Capital after being shot.

Heavy battle is raging in Eastern, Northern Southern parts of Ukraine as Russian forces mounted an attack from Belarus north and Crimea in South apart from Russia in the East.

Both Ukraine and the US have said that Russia wants to capture the Capital and topple the pro-West government.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has vowed to stay in Kyiv as his troops battled Russian invaders in the biggest attack on a European state since World War Two.

Zelenskyy on Friday said that he and his family were the top targets of the Russians.

Earlier, Russia claimed that it has destroyed Ukraine's air defence system and it targeted over 100 military installations in the blistering attack.

Russian President Vladimir Putin had on Thursday cleared military operation inside Ukraine.