Chernobyl Safety Concerns Resurface as War Continues
A Ukrainian serviceman walks past part of a downed Russian Su-34 bomber in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 8.
Photographer: Andrew Marienko/AP Photo
This is a special daily brief on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, one of the most urgent security crises in Europe since World War II.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said some civilians around Kyiv are escaping after Russia agreed to open humanitarian corridors, even as the U.S. said that Russian forces are intensifying their bombardment of the capital.