Satellite images show a 40-mile long convoy of Russian military vehicles near the Ukrainian capital.
Airstrikes have also been carried out on an airbase on the edge of Kyiv.
The first round of talks between the two sides have ended without agreement.
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Nearly 22,500 people got penalty points for holding a mobile phone while driving last year.
According to freedom of information figures, it's an increase of 8% on 2020.
Over 1,000 penalty point notices were issued for the offence in five counties last year - Cork, Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wexford.
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Gardai will be out in force across the country today as part of National Slow Down Day.
The 24-hour speed enforcement operation runs from 7am until 7am tomorrow.
Officers will be conducting high visibility activities at 1,300 'speed enforcement zones' to increase compliance and act as a deterrent.
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A Garda is still being treated in hospital for concussion after being seriously assaulted in Co Cavan yesterday.
It happened at 2am in Blacklion, when Garda Padraig Scott, from Tulsk in Co Roscommon, stopped a car.
The 29-year-old had a gun pointed at him and was attacked and doused in petrol.
