On Friday, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky lamented that his country has been left to  fight Russia on its own after an all-out invasion was launched just before Thursday dawn.

In his words: “We have been left alone to defend our state.

“Who is ready to fight alongside us? I don’t see anyone. Who is ready to give Ukraine a guarantee of NATO membership? Everyone is afraid.”

Meanwhile, the United States and the European Union have placed sanctions on Russia aimed at punishing Vladimir Putin’s regime.