all right so this of course is the big story that we are tracking on beyond russia has carried out an incursion into ukraine as was expected and there have been explosions that have been reported in several cities across ukraine and according to media reports that have come in all of these are because of missile strikes in a lot of instances now this is how things start at this point of time russia has launched what is being described as an all-out invasion of ukraine by land air and sea the russian president vladimir putin has said that his aim is of course to demilitarize and also to denazify ukraine the missiles rained down in ukrainian cities and explosions were heard near the capital city of kiev and we also being told that a second wave of missiles have struck ukraine and about 40 soldiers and about 10 civilians have been killed so far meanwhile there are more breaking inputs that have come in and this is what is being said that there is a second wave of missile strikes that has rained down on ukraine ukraine is of course fighting for its freedom is half the ukrainian president vladimir zelinski has described the conflict right now while the british prime minister boris johnson has called for an urgent meeting of the nato leaders and south korea has also joined the sanctions for sanctions against russia now the ukrainian president vladimir zelinski has called on all citizens in ukraine who are ready to defend the country to come forward saying that kiev will issue weapons to anyone who wants to be deployed in the battle against russia the european union will freeze russian assets halt access to its banks to the european financial markets and will also target kremlin's interests over its barbaric attack according to officials american president joe biden has said that washington and its allies will impose severe sanctions or what he called as putin's pre-meditated war the ukraine's military has said that it has so far destroyed about four russian tanks near the eastern city of kirkev and according to what ukraine claims it has also reportedly killed about 50 troops in the luhansk region and has also downed six russian aircrafts all of these are claims by the ukrainians that have been denied by the russians central european nations have also started preparations for an influx of refugees who are fleeing from ukraine now there were several cars that were that were to be seen queued up at the moldovan border ukraine for its part has shut down its airspace while russia has suspended movement of commercial vessels in the azov sea now this of course is what we will keep tracking over the next few hours barton will be meeting with his g7 counterparts to map out harsher measures against russia meanwhile eu leaders will also discuss further sanctions at an emergency meeting and nato's ambassadors will also hold an emergency meeting and the united nations security council will also convene to discuss a resolution condemning this attack by russia on its neighbor the european central bank policymakers are also gathered for what could be described as a meeting to try and resolve the crisis so these are some of the developments that have taken place and remember the incursion by the russians into ukraine started in the early hours of this morning immediately after the statement by the russian president who said that he has sanctioned a military operation in the donbass region but according to reports that have come in this is not an operation limited to the donbass region but rather has in fact taken over a large part of the ukrainian nation after months of speculations calculations assessments and back-to-back diplomatic talks and whirlwind diplomatic tours by the likes of anthony blinken and the french president emmanuel macron russia has started its invasion into ukraine from land and sea so let's take you through the events as they've happened firstly the russian president delivered a speech in which he announced the beginning of a special military operation to demilitarize and to denazify ukraine this is what he said in his address listening to in this regard according to the article 51 part 7 of the united nations charter with the consent of the russian federation council and in accordance with a ratified agreement on 22nd february of this year on friendship and mutual aid with donetsk people's republic and luhansk people's republic i decided to conduct a special military operation its goal is the protection of people who during eight years suffered from abuse and genocide from the kiev regime all right so that was the statement that was given by the russian president and immediately after that at five o'clock in the early hours of the morning right after putin's televised speech ended this is what the scene began to look like russia started one of the biggest attacks against another state in europe since the end of the second world war russian results are raining down on ukrainian cities ukraine reported columns of troops pouring across its borders into eastern chernyhev kharkev and luhansk regions the russian troops entered the cities of odessa and also mario paul in the south by sea now the initial wave of strikes appeared to involve cruise missiles artillery and also air strikes and predominantly what russia was trying to dismantle on the ukrainian front was its military infrastructure and also its border positions including air bases flashing lights were of course seen above the skies of the ukrainian border regions after just about three hours into the attack the russian defense ministry claimed to have neutralized ukraine's air bases and also ukraine's air defense systems the explosions were also heard even before there was sunlight in the early hours of the morning in ukraine today there was gunfire that could be heard at the main airport and sirens bled across multiple cities eyewitness videos show smoke billowing from the ukrainian military airport in chugev and reports say that the ukrainian border guards were firing back as the russian troops unleashed artillery barrages as part of an attack backed by belarus the airaid sardines rang out in ukraine's capital kiev in the early hours of the morning the sardine was heard playing out across the morning traffic and just hours after the russian troops launched their anticipated attack a large number of people of course were out in the streets where long lines of traffic on the road leading out of the capital city were witnessed and although the russian military has said that they did not attack populated areas in ukraine there is a video that shows a missile hitting an airport in ivano frankevsk city the missile was seen falling on the establishment and then exploding with a bang the thick billows of dark black smoke were seen coming doctor out of the buildings as soon as missile hit the area dear ukrainians this morning russian president vladimir putin announced a special military operation in the donbass russia carried out strikes on our military infrastructure on our border guards explosions were heard in many cities of ukraine we introduced martial law throughout the state a minute ago i had a conversation with u.s president joe biden the u.s is starting to gather international support guess today we need you each of you needs to become if possible stay at home please we are working the army is working the entire security and defense sector of ukraine is working [Music]
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