In a videotaped message, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia, the largest country in the world by area, had attacked his nation, Ukraine, the largest country in the world by courage.
******************************* UK PM holding 'tête-à-tête meeting' with Zelensky
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is holding a meeting with President Zelensky in Kyiv this afternoon.
The Ukrainian Embassy in London has tweeted a photograph of the two men holding talks.