WATCH: A maternity ward in Kharkiv, Ukraine, was relocated to a bomb shelter Monday as the city, the second-biggest biggest in the country, fell into the crosshairs of Russian shelling.
The Russian military assault on Ukraine continued on Monday, as video from Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-biggest city, showed residential areas being shelled, with apartment buildings shaken by repeated, powerful blasts. Russian forces, meanwhile, closed in on the capital, Kyiv.
Western sanctions triggered by the invasion sent the ruble plummeting and, in a move sure to antagonize the Kremlin, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed an application Monday asking that Ukraine be allowed to join the 27-nation European Union. Here's a look at the latest developments in the conflict over Ukraine and the security crisis in Eastern Europe.
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