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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.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday February 27 2022, @01:14AM (11 children)
Include Russia in that.
We already got that as a result Of Russia. Perhaps you ought to start following your own advice?
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday February 27 2022, @01:29AM
(Score: 2) by Pav on Sunday February 27 2022, @01:32AM (9 children)
I most certainly include Russia in this. I am no fan of Putin (I have trouble getting past your voices it seems). Putting Russia under heavy threat and the world on a nuclear hair-trigger is just dumb though, but I'm sure all the important people have plans for that eventuality.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday February 27 2022, @02:09AM (1 child)
The thing that gets forgotten in this sort of thing is that tyrants are high maintenance security-wise. They're always under heavy threat. We can never fix the putting Russia under heavy threat thing, until we get rid of the Russian tyrants that are causing the problem.
(Score: 2) by Pav on Sunday February 27 2022, @02:32AM
See that finger you're pointing at Putin? Give him a kill counter in that extra creative brain of yours. Then turn 180 and point it at the US and do the same. THEN click the US kill counter and drag it to the "whataboutism" trash bin. Now you can keep your conditioning without cognative dissonance.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday February 27 2022, @02:37AM (6 children)
I'll take this change in tune at face value, but the Putin road show is just warming up. You'll get plenty of shenanigans to further inform your opinions on the players involved. Take a hard look at who's lying, who's invading, who put the world on that "nuclear hair-trigger", and who made this whole mess happen.
(Score: 2) by Pav on Sunday February 27 2022, @03:05AM (5 children)
Change in tune? I think you must have been hearing your OTHER other voice (ie. I haven't changed my tune).
Regarding nuclear hair triggers, who scrapped the nuke treaties? Hmmmm... Also, whos weapons industry is private owned, and constantly has a hawkish presence in the media, and lobbies lawmakers on foreign policy matters?? Hmmmmmmm...
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday February 27 2022, @05:26AM (4 children)
Indeed. You have hundreds of posts on this subject over the past few weeks. It's only in the last day that you say anything negative [soylentnews.org] about Putin at all ("Putin should not have invaded") though with the frequent dirge about how badly Putin gets treated by western media (indicating that war crimes just aren't that big a deal for you).
I wonder how many people Putin has to kill before you see his true colors? Well, it looks like he'll have plenty of opportunities in the next few weeks.
(Score: 2) by Pav on Monday February 28 2022, @07:04AM (3 children)
That is because he didn't do anything particularly stupid regarding this situation until a few days ago, and he has acted with restraint over the last few years considering the security of his country has been getting threatened. You've been saying plenty stupid... but luckily you don't have any power over this situation.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday February 28 2022, @07:29AM (2 children)
In other words, you didn't notice. I'd check those sources you claim to use.
No such threat has occurred. You're wasting our time with those empty accusations.
(Score: 2) by Pav on Monday February 28 2022, @09:15AM (1 child)
Putin wants to send over some spetznas guys to keep a bead on you in case you look like doing anything shifty. If you think that's any kind of threat you're just being melodramatic. This is purely for the security of the peace loving people of the world.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday March 05 2022, @03:32AM
So any point to that post or should we just chalk it up to bad brain chemistry?