The United Nations has observed a great deal of "unhelpful rhetoric" regarding the conflict in Ukraine, including the statements by Ukrainian official Oleksiy Danilov to abolish the Russian language in Ukraine, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Friday

Several districts in Kiev and the Kiev Region have been left without electricity due to shelling, Ukrainian news website Strana.ua said on Friday

Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council head Oleksiy Danilov said on Friday that the Russian language should be completely abolished in Ukraine, noting that reaching an understanding with the Russian-speaking part of Ukrainian population poses a threat to the state

The United States has the means and the will to support Ukraine in the ongoing conflict with Russia, President Joe Biden said on Friday

The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Friday recommended that its citizens refrain from traveling to Ukraine in the near future and called on those who are already in the country to leave it urgently for safety reasons