KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces are shelling Ukraine’s second-largest city, rocking a residential neighborhood, and closing in on the capital, Kyiv, in a 40-mile convoy of hundreds of tanks and other vehicles. The country’s embattled president says the stepped-up shelling is aimed at forcing him into concessions. Meanwhile, talks aimed at stopping the fighting yielded only an agreement to keep talking. Amid ever-growing international condemnation, Russia finds itself increasingly isolated, while also facing unexpectedly fierce resistance on the ground in Ukraine and economic havoc at home.
Russian forces shell Ukraine’s No. 2 city and menace Kyiv
