In Kherson, 2,000 people took to the streets as demonstrators chanted ‘Glory to Ukraine’ and ‘Death to the enemy’.

The station building suffered minor damage and the number of any casualties was not yet known. Officials said it may have cut off heating supply to parts of Kyiv amid low temperatures.

Kamala Harris laid out the Ukrainian invasion in simple terms on Tuesday, starting with: ‘Ukraine is a country in Europe. It exists next to another country called Russia.’

On a multitude of fronts – from the economic to the political – the blowback from Russia’s military adventures in Ukraine are now being felt in Moscow, writes OWEN MATTHEWS in the city.

A source said that Volodymyr Zelensky (pictured) ‘made specific requests for military hardware during near daily phone calls, and we are working round the clock to get them into Ukraine.’

Olga Skabeyeva, known as the ‘iron doll of Putin TV’, claimed that a civil war has broken out in Ukraine and nationalists are killing their own neighbours.

The extension, announced Sunday, is part of the United States’ effort to instill confidence in their eastern European allies during the crisis.