There has been heavy gunfire and explosions in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv as the Russian assault intensifies. <br /><br />Russian forces appear to be meeting stiff resistance. Ukraine’s President Volodomyr Zelensky has vowed that his country will resist the invasion.<br /><br />Germany has said it will send weapons to Ukraine to help its defence, ending a ban on military intervention abroad that has existed since the Second World War. <br /><br />Martine Croxall presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Orla Guerin in Kiev and Europe Editor Katya Adler.
