Digital Desk: Russian-backed separatists claimed that they captured the towns of Shchastia and Stanytsia Luhanska in Ukraine’s Luhansk region, according to the RIA news agency.
Meanwhile, according to the Associated Press, Ukraine’s border guard agency stated that the Russian military had attacked the country from Belarus.
Russia’s defence ministry announced earlier in the day that it had destroyed military infrastructure at Ukraine’s air bases and “suppressed” its air defences. According to Ukraine, five Russian jets and one helicopter were shot down.
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared war on Ukraine on Thursday morning, escalating tensions between the two countries.
President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine on Thursday and warned foreign countries that any attempt to intervene with the Russian action would lead to “consequences you have never seen.”
Large explosions were heard in Kyiv, Kharkiv, and other parts of Ukraine when Vladimir Putin spoke. BNO News, based in the United States, broadcast video footage of massive flashes of light on the darkening horizon, which were part of a Russian bombardment on eastern Ukraine.
The West interpreted the deployment of Russian troops to Belarus for military training as a prelude to an invasion of Ukraine. Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, is roughly 75 kilometres (50 miles) south of the Belarusian border.
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