Friday morning UK news briefing: Today's top headlines from The Telegraph

Ukrainians in cities across the country have spent their first night under the shadow of war, sleeping in bunkers and in basements. 

Multiple explosions again rattled the capital of Kyiv this morning, as troops closed in under Russian president Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion. 

Catch up with everything that happened overnight, including the reported shooting down of a Ukrainian aircraft. 

The second day of Mr Putin's rapid and brutal attack on Ukraine came as US officials warned that the Kremlin's intention was a race to Kyiv to overthrow Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and install a new leadership allied to Russia. 

But Mr Zelensky was defiant in refusing to leave Kyiv despite Russian "sabotage" groups entering the capital. 

Our chief reporter Robert Mendick has our full report on how Mr Putin plunged Europe into war on a scale not seen since 1945.

Follow the latest updates throughout the day in our live blog and track the key verified areas hit by the Russian military.

As European leaders consider their next move in the face of what Prime Minister Boris Johnson described as "bloodstained tyranny", Fraser Nelson fears that it is naivety that has left us exposed to the danger hiding in plain sight. 

He explains why the invasion of Ukraine may turn out to be Europe's 9/11 moment: when what was seen as a remote, theoretical risk suddenly stands as the biggest single security threat. 

As oil prices soared and stock markets tumbled amid rising fears of a global economic crisis, see how the world's newspapers reacted to the invasion dubbed as "from Russia with hate". 

In other developments:

• Russian anti-war protesters were told they run risk of treason;
• Germany resisted locking Russia from the Swift payments system;
• and the BBC was accused of giving a platform for "propaganda".

Liz Truss: We will lead by example in defying Putin

Britain yesterday unveiled a raft of new sanctions on dozens of oligarchs and Kremlin officials, the freezing of Russian bank assets and an imminent ban on the Russian airline, Aeroflot, on flying into the UK. Read Prime Minister Boris Johnson's 10-point "barrage" against the regime. It came as Liz Truss, the Foreign Secretary, told the Russian ambassador he should be "ashamed of himself" before kicking him out of the Foreign Office in central London. In an article for us Ms Truss writes that Britain will lead by example in standing up to Vladimir Putin.

Back to the future: the return of existential dread

Young people have spent the past two years terrified by Covid. They are assailed daily by predictions of imminent climate disaster. And now they are faced with wild talk of a Third World War. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has sparked a level of alarm among children last seen at the height of the apocalyptic 1980s. How do we put it in context for our youngsters? Philip Johnston explains what parents can do to help.

Comment: Ukraine invasion analysis

• Con Coughlin | Putin may have made error to end bloody rule
• Sherelle Jacobs | We are dealing with a psychopath in Putin
• Sir Malcolm Rifkind | Western intelligence has been vindicated
• Bryony Gordon | Plight of Ukraine's mothers broke our hearts
• Reader letters | Stern action is needed to redress this shame

Dispatch: Millions jolted into reality in Kyiv

In the corner of the bomb shelter in central Kyiv, a boy and a girl played with their colouring book while their parents exchanged nervous glances. Above ground, the thud of missile and artillery strikes rattled one of eastern Europe's oldest cities. Cars tore through empty city streets heading for the highways as explosions rang out as James Rothwell, our correspondent in Kyiv, made his own dash underground. Read his dispatch on how three million residents of Kyiv were jolted into reality.

Also in the news: Today's other headlines

Partygate | Rishi Sunak has been accused of breaking lockdown laws, as it emerged that he has been handed a Metropolitan Police questionnaire over his attendance at a gathering in Downing Street. The Chancellor is understood to have briefly attended an event for Boris Johnson's birthday on June 19, 2020. The Treasury confirmed he is one of 50 officials who have been asked to submit written evidence.

• Migrant crisis | Three in four illegal entries via small boat
• NHS pay | Staff wage rises 'will lead to fewer operations'
• Inquest | Apprentice took life after being sacked on Zoom
• Shopping | This is now the nation's favourite supermarket
• 19.4N, 33.7E | For the origin of the species, start here…

Daily dose of Matt

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Sport briefing: Abramovich spared sanctions

Premier League billionaires Roman Abramovich and Alisher Usmanov last night escaped sanctions as Boris Johnson froze hundreds of British-based Russian assets in retaliation for Ukraine. Sources said that ministers are still "looking at sanctioning more complex individual cases". Meanwhile, Sam Dean reports from the Emirates how Arsenal came from behind to win 2-1 at the death against Wolverhampton.

Business briefing: Energy bills to hit £3,000

Households face energy bills of more than £3,000 per year, experts have warned, after Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine caused alarm in international commodity markets. As wholesale gas prices rocketed to the highest levels for two months, analysts warned that the surge threatened to drive the energy price cap up by more than £1,000 and push more families into fuel poverty and more businesses to breaking point. Read how the invasion is likely to further impact the cost of living.

Tonight's dinner

One-pot orzo with crab and chilli | You can dish up this meal by Eleanor Steafel at the table so that it stays hot until the last possible second. View the recipe. For more, try our Cookbook newsletter.

Travel: Where to book a late-season ski holiday

Planning a weekend staycation? There are no shortage of ideal locations. From puffin-spotting to foraging for wild garlic, Lottie Gross has rounded up her choices of the 20 most stylish country house hotels to stay for the best walks, wildlife and springtime weather in the UK.

And finally... for this morning's downtime

Wood vs uPVC | Disgruntled residents in Prince Charles's model town of Poundbury in Dorset have been blocked from replacing their wooden window frames with uPVC ones. Shane Watson explores the tricky politics of window snobbery.

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