Sirens wail in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev. According to the Ukrainian General Staff, at least six airfields in the country have been attacked, including Boryspil, about 30 kilometers from Kiev.
After that there was also an air raid alarm in Kiev, residents were asked to go to air raid shelters. Metro stations were closed for this.
According to media reports, explosions were heard in several cities in the country, including near the capital. Their origin remains unclear. Panic spreads among the people. Many residents wanted to flee the city.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on citizens not to panic. He declared martial law for the whole country: "I've spoken to Biden, Johnson, Charles Michel, Duda and Nauseda. We are in the process of forming an anti-Putin coalition. We have already appealed to the presidents of the world, all sorts To impose sanctions on Putin, to implement large-scale defense support and to end the aggressor's expansion into Ukraine. We must save the democratic world."
According to a video released by the agency, Russian troops have also advanced from the annexed Black Sea peninsula of Crimea into Ukraine's heartland. The military shot down five Russian planes and a helicopter in the Luhansk region.
The separatists in the Luhansk region said that two Su-24 fighter jets from Ukraine had been shot down. The reports could not be independently verified.
Russian President Putin justified the invasion with the protection of the civilian population in eastern Ukraine. It was impossible to continue to tolerate it, it was necessary "to end this nightmare immediately, the genocide of millions of people who live there and only count on Russia, only on us. Exactly these longings, feelings and pain of the people were the main motive behind our decision to recognize the People's Republics of Donbass."
According to the Ukrainian Presidential Office, more than 40 Ukrainian soldiers were killed this Thursday morning. Several dozen others were injured. In the city of Chuguev, near Kharkiv, in the east of the country, several buildings were destroyed by attacks.
Attacks by warplanes, helicopters and missiles against military infrastructure were also reported from other parts of Ukraine.
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