Bombing continues in the late evening while Ukraine claims recaptured airport near capital; IAEA says Chernobyl nuclear energy plants unharmed after Russian occupation of site

Blasts heard in the capital Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa and Mariupol near the breakaway Donbas region; Ukrainian forces report being attacked from Belarus; President Zelensky imposes martial law nationwide; airspace closed, all flights into and out of country grounded

Citing Syrian military source, state TV says most Israeli missiles shot down by air defenses; second Israeli-linked attack in 24 hours and third over the span of two weeks

Explainer: As Putin warns other countries that any attempt to interfere with Russia's operation in Ukraine would lead to severe consequences, the West can only respond with 'tough' sanctions and call for emergency meetings at UN

Prime minister refrains from condemning Russian invasion calls for Israelis to leave and tells Jewish communities Israel's doors are open to them

Hundreds of Israelis, many of them Ukrainian immigrants, protesting outside of the Russian embassy and consulates, some spray-paint graffiti and burn Russian passports

UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan says right groups launch a war against only vibrant democracy in Mideast; Palestinian envoy, however, claims different laws for Palestinians and Israeli settlers, as well as restrictions on lands are 'apartheid'