The Russian army launched an invasion of Ukraine at dawn on Thursday. Airstrikes have taken place across the country, including in the capital Kiev. Ground forces entered the country from the north, east and south of the country.
7:13 am | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Thursday that the West would impose “massive” sanctions targeting the Russian economy in response to the invasion of Ukraine, calling Vladimir Putin a “dictator”.
7:04 am | Russian military units entered the Kyiv region from Belarus to carry out an attack with Grad missiles on military targets, Ukrainian border guards said in a statement on Thursday.
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6:57 | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday compared the Russian invasion of Ukraine to the actions of “Nazi Germany” during World War II.
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5:37 | Oil prices soared on Thursday as the Russian military’s air and ground attack on Ukraine propelled US WTI to more than $100 a barrel for the first time since 2014.
5:27 | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday evening made a fervent appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin, urging him to recall his troops and “stop” the attack on Ukraine immediately.
“President Putin, in the name of humanity, bring your troops back to Russia!”, Launched the head of the United Nations, visibly shaken by the announcement of a Russian military operation in Ukraine in the middle of the emergency session held by the Security Council.
5:22 | At least 40 soldiers and a dozen civilians were killed Thursday in the early hours of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters.
5:10 am | Canada condemns Russia’s “unjustifiable” attack on Ukraine and announces its participation in a G7 meeting on Thursday to consider further sanctions against Moscow.
“Canada condemns in the strongest possible terms Russia’s unjustifiable attack on Ukraine,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement Wednesday.
5:02 | Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine at dawn on Thursday, with airstrikes across the country, including the capital Kiev, and the entry of ground forces from the north, east and south of the country, according to the Ukrainian border guards who record the first losses.
4h55 | Russian ground forces entered Ukrainian territory from Russia and Belarus on Thursday morning, said Ukrainian border guards who reported the first death in their ranks since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine .
“Russian military vehicles, including armored vehicles, violated the border in the regions of Chernigiv (north, Belarusian border), Sumy (northeast, Russian border), Lugansk and Kharkiv (east, Russian border)”, according to the statement from the border guards.
4:08 | “Shitty country”, shouts a woman, in front of the body of a man killed in a bombardment on a residential district of Chuhouïv, in the east of Ukraine, epicenter of the offensive launched during the night by Russia.
0h16 | Anti-bombing warning sirens sounded Thursday morning in the center of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, AFP journalists noted.
Powerful explosions were heard Thursday morning in the capital, as well as in Odessa (south), in Kharkiv near the Russian border and in eastern Ukraine after Vladimir Putin announced a military operation against the country.
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