"If it blows up, it will be 10 times larger than Chornobyl!" the minister said, referring to one of the world's worst nuclear disasters that occurred in 1986 at the Chernobyl plant in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union.

"IAEA Director General @RafaelMGrossi speaks with #Ukraine PM Denys Shmygal and with Ukrainian nuclear regulator and operator about serious situation at #Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, appeals for halt of use of force and warns of severe danger if reactors hit," the International Atomic Energy Agency tweeted.

Indonesia's envoy to the United Nations said that the international community must go beyond condemnation and start “restoring trust and confidence”, as analysts predict the potential effects of the Ukraine crisis.

But the failures of the first days, including vastly underestimating the Ukrainians' willingness to fight back, could lead to a frustrated Moscow deciding to unleash all its power and indiscriminately destroying large swathes of Ukraine, they said.

Moscow's offensive marks a turning point for the whole world.

After more than two days of extraordinary debate, which saw the Ukrainian ambassador accuse Russia of genocide, 141 out of 193 United Nations member states voted for the non-binding resolution. 

In all, 874,026 people have fled across the country's borders, according to the website of UNHCR, the UN refugee agency.

The attack on Tuesday night damaged Kyiv's main television mast at Babi Yar, the scene of World War II's biggest slaughter of the city's Jews and a place of memorial and pilgrimage.

This week, he and his family had to flee again -- this time to Poland to the sounds of Russian bombs.

But forces of Belarus, a close ally of Russia, would not be taking part in the attack on Ukraine, he added.

Indonesia stood by its pacifist stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine at an emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly this week.

The shelling of Kharkiv has destroyed a school and, according to its mayor, killed at least 11 civilians. 

The troops will train in long-distance movements of military units, among other tasks, the district command said.

Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said he had received reports that the soldiers were close to the Zaporizhzhia station in eastern Ukraine.

Ukraine has said its goal for the talks is an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine. Russia has been cagier, with the Kremlin declining to comment on Moscow's aim in negotiations.

In October 1962, at the heart of the Cold War, a 13-day showdown between Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and US president John F. Kennedy leads to fears of nuclear war.

The conflict has already killed dozens of civilians, forced hundreds of thousands to flee and turned Moscow into a global pariah.

"This is terror. They are going to bomb our Ukrainian cities even more, they are going to kill our children even more subtly. This is the evil that has come to our land and must be destroyed," Zelenskiy said on a short video message.

"We call on all relevant parties to exercise maximum restraint and make utmost efforts to pursue dialogues through all channels, including diplomatic means to contain the situation," the ministers said in a statement dated Saturday.

"Warsaw, Bratislava, Budapest, Istanbul, Baku. We proposed all of them," Zelensky said in an address posted online. 

"The Russian enemy's light vehicles have broken into Kharkiv, including the city centre," Sinegubov said. "Ukraine's armed forces are destroying the enemy. We ask civilians not to go out."

"Starlink service is now active in Ukraine," Musk tweeted, adding "more terminals en route."

The measures, which will include restrictions on the Russian central bank's international reserves, will be implemented in the coming days, the nations said in a joint statement that also vowed further action to come.

"I can tell you one thing this morning it is that this war will last," Macron's told France's annual agriculture fair. 

In a memorandum to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Biden directed that $350 million allocated through the Foreign Assistance Act be designated for Ukraine's defense.

"We're all here. Our military is here. Citizens in society are here. We're all here defending our independence, our country, and it will stay this way," Zelensky said, standing outside the presidency building.

The cargo ship Namura Queen's registered owner is a company based in the western Japanese prefecture of Ehime, according to a website providing information on vessels. There is no information yet regarding casualties.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin unleashed a full-scale invasion on Thursday that has killed dozens of people, forced more than 50,000 to flee Ukraine in just 48 hours and sparked fears of a new Cold War in Europe.

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said the sanctions "will have maximum impact on the Russian economy and the political elite".

Ukrainians picked up weapons when boxes of them were dumped from trucks and handed out to Ukraine's new volunteer defense units on day two of Russia's invasion.