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posted by janrinok on Thursday February 24 2022, @07:52AM   Printer-friendly

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Reuters: Russian forces launch invasion of Ukraine with strikes on defence

MOSCOW/KYIV, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Russian forces fired missiles at several cities in Ukraine and landed troops on its coast on Thursday, officials and media said, after President Vladimir Putin authorised what he called a special military operation in the east.

Shortly after Putin spoke in a televised address on Russian state TV, explosions could be heard in the pre-dawn quiet of the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.

Gunfire rattled near the capital's main airport, the Interfax news agency said, and sirens were heard over the city.

WSJ: The Latest News on the Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Live Updates

Russian troops and tanks pushed into Ukraine and airstrikes hit the country's capital and more than a dozen other cities early Thursday after President Vladimir Putin said he ordered a military operation to "demilitarize and de-Nazify Ukraine" and bring its leaders to trial.

Ukrainian officials said an initial wave of strikes targeted military installations, airfields and government facilities across the country. Ukraine's border service said its troops came under attack all along the country's frontiers with Russia and Belarus as well as Crimea. Heavy shelling targeted the city of Mariupol on the Azov sea. Air-raid sirens sounded in Kyiv after 7 a.m. and the city's airport came under attack. Ukraine's military said it shot down five Russian warplanes and one helicopter. Russia denied any of its aircraft were hit.

CBS: NATO officials say Russian attack on Ukraine has begun

Russia has begun attacking Ukraine, NATO officials confirmed. The late-night attack began moments after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had "decided to conduct a special military operation" to protect eastern Ukraine's Donbas region. CBS News correspondents reported hearing loud blasts in the capital city, Kyiv, and in the eastern city of Kharkiv.

A Ukrainian government spokesperson said early Thursday that "cruise and ballistic missile strikes are underway at the control centers" in Kyiv.

BBC: Ukraine conflict: Russian forces invade after Putin TV declaration

Russian forces have launched a military assault on neighbouring Ukraine, crossing its borders and bombing military targets near big cities.

In a pre-dawn TV statement Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia did not plan to occupy Ukraine and demanded that its military lay down their arms.

Moments later, attacks were reported on Ukrainian military targets.

Ukraine said that "Putin has launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine".

Russian military vehicles were said to have breached the border in a number of places, in the north, south and east, including from Belarus.

 
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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by engblom on Thursday February 24 2022, @09:09AM (2 children)

    by engblom (556) on Thursday February 24 2022, @09:09AM (#1224404)

    You're wrong -- European trade with Russia has been hard hit [europa.eu] by the sanctions. Imports into the EU are at half the 2012 level, exports have declined from €120bn in 2012 to about €75bn now (now being 2020).

    Did you read those graphs yourself? Already before Russia attacked Crimea in 2014 the export begun going down. The effect of sanctions are hardly visible in that graph. The export went from €117bn, at the highest peak in 2012 (and it begun even going down during 2012), to €79bn, which is the lowest peak during 2020. That it went down in 2020 we can probably blame Covid for. The export was not halved as you claim.

    Are you an employed Russian troll?

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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by quietus on Thursday February 24 2022, @02:14PM (1 child)

    by quietus (6328) on Thursday February 24 2022, @02:14PM (#1224473) Journal

    If you just had scrolled down to this image [europa.eu] in that article -- see that crater there, in 2013-2014, where the imports crater from index 180 to 100?

    To put the numbers into perspective, these are the numbers of another BRICS member [europa.eu], over that same period of time.

    Might I point out that you're the one using the old accusation of the West being greedy and unprincipled, typical for Russian and Chinese nationalists/neo-Marxists? Also, modding yourself up is not stylish.