O VOO DO CORVO

 

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05:54

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/feb/24/russia-invades-ukraine-declares-war-latest-news-live-updates-russian-invasion-vladimir-putin-explosions-bombing-kyiv-kharkiv?page=with:block-621709c58f0841b05a4560e2#block-621709c58f0841b05a4560e2

 

Here are the main developments:

 

• Russia has launched a military attack on Ukraine after president Vladimir Putin authorised what he called a “special military operation” to “demilitarise and denazify” the neighbouring country.
• Putin’s justified the attack by claiming that “a hostile anti-Russia is being created on our historic lands”. His remarks came in a televised address at around 2.30am GMT – as an emergency meeting of the UN security council was under way in New York to avert conflict. He also vowed “consequences greater than any you have faced in history” if there was any attempt to interfere.
• Explosions were heard and reported in many cities and military locations around Ukraine shortly afterwards at around 5am Ukraine time (3am GMT).
• Russian troops have landed in Odessa while others are crossing the border into Kharkiv, Ukrainian officials said, in what appeared to be a broad attack across the country.
• Ukrainian president Volodomyr Zelenskiy told the nation in a TV address on Thursday morning that Russia has carried out missile strikes on infrastructure and border guards.
• Foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said Russia had launched “a full-scale invasion” of his country. “Peaceful Ukrainian cities are under strikes. This is a war of aggression. Ukraine will defend itself and will win,” he said.
• Joe Biden issued a written statement saying that “the prayers of the entire world are with the people of Ukraine tonight as they suffer an unprovoked and unjustified attack by Russian military forces”.
• United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres made a direct plea to Russian present Putin, saying: “In the name of humanity bring your troops back to Russia.”
• The British ambassador to Ukraine, Melinda Simmons, has said that a “wholly unprovoked” attack on Ukraine is under way.
• Stock markets in Asia Pacific plunged after the hostilities broke out and heavy losses are expected in Europe and the US later. Safe havens such as gold spiked, while Brent crude oil rose over $100 for the first time since 2014.
• The two Russian-controlled territories in east Ukraine had earlier sent an official request to Moscow for military aid to “help repel the aggression of the Ukrainian armed forces”.