INTERNATIONAL: In a late night speech on Thursday ,February 24, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said European leaders were afraid to lay out path for Ukraine's NATO membership.

" Today, I have asked 27 European leaders whether Ukraine will be in NATO. I have asked directly ,everyone is afraid, no one answers.," Zelenskiy has said

Russia has launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine by land, air and sea on Thursday, the biggest attack by one state against another in Europe since World War Two and confirmation of the worst fears of the West.

Zelensky has said 137 Ukrainians died in the fighting and 316 people have been wounded.

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