Kyiv prepares for Putin's wrath: 'Every street and house' of Ukraine's capital is being fortified in preparation for Russian siege and expected bombardment after two million people

US gives Poland the 'green light' to provide Ukraine MiG fighter jets as Russia warns it is at WAR with any country hosting Kyiv's combat planes and Gen. Milley meets troops in Europe

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Russian Helicopter Shot Down By A Missile From Ukrainian Fighters – SEE FOOTAGE

• Russia's Defense Ministry has warned neighbouring countries against hosting Ukraine with warplanes
• Ministry spokesman said it 'could be considered as those countries' engagement in the military conflict'
• United States is working with Poland to supply MiG-29 fighter jets that can be used by Ukrainian Air Force
• In return, Poland has asked for F-16 fighter jets to be given to the country as backup in exchange for the MiGs
• Polish government wary of angering Russian President Vladimir Putin, keen for it not to be seen as a NATO act
• Ukrainian air force require Russian fighter aircraft because those are the models they have been trained on
• Finer details are still to be worked out including how Ukrainian fighter pilots would obtain the Polish jets
• Ukraine's president has lashed out at NATO powers for refusing to impose a no-fly zone over his country 
• NATO rejected calls, saying a no-fly zone could provoke widespread war in Europe with nuclear-armed Russia
• President Joe Biden has called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss ongoing efforts to impose economic costs on Russia and to speed U.S. military, humanitarian and economic assistance to Ukraine 

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Photo of baby being carried to safety by Ukrainian soldier exposes the appalling human catastrophe of Russian invasion that has reduced cities to rubble

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• Heartbreaking image shows a Ukrainian soldier rescuing a baby from scene of devastation in Irpin, near Kyiv
• Vladimir Putin has again insisted that Russia is not shelling Ukrainian cities in a call with Germany's Scholz
• That is despite medics warning up to 100 people could be buried in apartment rubble in Boradyanka, near Kyiv, and that 49 people died in a cluster bomb attack on Chernihiv yesterday 
• It comes after the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was attacked by Russian troops in early hours on Friday
• Moscow's ambassador to the UN has denied accusations that forces had shelled the atomic power plant  
• Mariupol's mayor has warned this evening that the city is being 'simply destroyed' by withering artillery fire 
• Missile fragment even landed in the ground of Zelensky's second residence, though it didn't cause damage
  

  A Ukrainian soldier was pictured rescuing a tiny baby from a scene of total devastation in Irpin, including what appeared to be a bombed-out bridge, in a harrowing image that summed up the atrocity of the ongoing war 

  

  A woman reacts as she stands in front of a house burning after being shelled in the city of Irpin, outside Kyiv, on March 4

  

  A woman walks amidst the debris of a school building destroyed by shelling, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Zhytomyr on March 4

  

  A delusional Vladimir Putin has again insisted that Russia is not bombing Ukrainian cities, despite fears that 100 people are buried under rubble after an apartment block near Kyiv was struck and after an attack on the city of Chernihiv which killed 49

  

  Other pictures showed a devastated woman appearing emotional as she walked past a house burning after the city of Irpin came under massive shelling

  And the attack showed no sign of letting up today, as Mykolaiv, in the south of Ukraine, came under attack with Russian forces moved within striking distance of the city centre. The city is located just a few miles from Kherson, which fell to Putin's men earlier in the week, along the road to Odessa - Ukraine's third-largest city and main port.

  However, reports emerged on Friday evening that an attack on an airport on the outskirts of the city had been repulsed, with Ukrainian forces digging in for fresh fighting overnight.  

  But Ukraine's military did managed to pull off some successes. Two Russian jets were downed near Volnovakha, in the east near Donetsk, while Ukrainian special forces also ambushed two of the Kremlin's tank columns at Hostomel and Brovary, leaving large numbers of troops dead and destroying vehicles.

  Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed Russian citizens after Putin's troops seized the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in the early hours. 

  Zelensky appeared on video as he urged Russian residents to tell authorities that they want to live on land 'without radioactive contamination', amid fears of a meltdown following the attack on Europe's largest power station.