Ukraine conflict: Russian forces invade after Putin TV declaration

[ad_1] "No panic. We're strong. We're ready for anything. We'll defeat everyone, because we are Ukraine," the Ukrainian leader said in a video statement. Ahead of Russia's attack he had made a last-ditch attempt to avert war, warning that Russia could start "a major war in Europe" and urging Russian citizens to oppose it.window.__INITIAL_DATA__="{"data":{"global-navigation?country=us&language=en-GB":{"name":"global-navigation","props":{"country":"us","language":"en-GB"},"data":{"accessibilityLinks":[{"label":"Skip to content","url":"#main-heading"},{"label":"Accessibility Help","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/"}],"signInLabel":"Sign in","accountLabel":"Your account","menuLabel":"Menu","moreLabel":"More","closeButtonLabel":"Close menu","legalLinks":[{"url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/usingthebbc/terms","label":"Terms of Use"},{"url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc","label":"About the BBC"},{"url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/usingthebbc/privacy","label":"Privacy Policy"},{"url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/usingthebbc/cookies","label":"Cookies"},{"url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility","label":"Accessibility Help"},{"url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/guidance","label":"Parental Guidance"},{"url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact","label":"Contact the BBC"},{"url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcnewsletter","label":"Get Personalised Newsletters"},{"url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/help-41670342","label":"Why you can trust the BBC"},{"url":"https://www.bbcglobalnews.com/home/","label":"Advertise with us"},{"url":"https://www.bbc.com/usingthebbc/cookies/how-does-the-bbc-use-cookies-for-advertising/","label":"AdChoices / Do Not Sell My Info"}],"disclaimer":{"text":"© 2022 BBC. 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We're strong. We're ready for anything. We'll defeat everyone, because we are Ukraine,\" the Ukrainian leader said in a video statement. Ahead of Russia's attack he had made a last-ditch attempt to avert war, warning that Russia could start \"a major war in Europe\" and urging Russian citizens to oppose it.","blocks":[{"type":"fragment","model":{"text":"\"No panic. We're strong. We're ready for anything. We'll defeat everyone, because we are Ukraine,\" the Ukrainian leader said in a video statement. Ahead of Russia's attack he had made a last-ditch attempt to avert war, warning that Russia could start \"a major war in Europe\" and urging Russian citizens to oppose it.","attributes":[]}}]}}]}},{"type":"text","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","model":{"text":"Warning sirens blared across the capital, which has a population of almost three million. 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Several neighbouring countries have begun preparations to take in a large number of refugees.","blocks":[{"type":"fragment","model":{"text":"Traffic queued to leave the city during the night and crowds sought shelter in the Kyiv underground. Several neighbouring countries have begun preparations to take in a large number of refugees.","attributes":[]}}]}}]}},{"type":"text","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","model":{"text":"\"We don't understand what we should do now,\" one woman called Svetlana told the BBC. \"We're now going to a place where we can be safe and we hope we can leave safely. We have family in Mariupol and now they're very nervous.\"","blocks":[{"type":"fragment","model":{"text":"\"We don't understand what we should do now,\" one woman called Svetlana told the BBC. \"We're now going to a place where we can be safe and we hope we can leave safely. We have family in Mariupol and now they're very nervous.\"","attributes":[]}}]}}]}},{"type":"unorderedList","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"listItem","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"fragment","model":{"text":"LIVE:","attributes":[]}},{"type":"urlLink","model":{"text":"Follow latest developments ","locator":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-60454795","blocks":[{"type":"fragment","model":{"text":"Follow latest developments ","attributes":[]}}]}}]}},{"type":"listItem","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"fragment","model":{"text":"THE BASICS: ","attributes":[]}},{"type":"urlLink","model":{"text":"What does Putin want?","locator":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56720589","blocks":[{"type":"fragment","model":{"text":"What does Putin want?","attributes":[]}}]}}]}},{"type":"listItem","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"fragment","model":{"text":"EXPLAINER: ","attributes":[]}},{"type":"urlLink","model":{"text":"What sanctions are being imposed on Russia?","locator":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60125659","blocks":[{"type":"fragment","model":{"text":"What sanctions are being imposed on Russia?","attributes":[]}}]}}]}}]}},{"type":"subheadline","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"text","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","model":{"text":"What Russia has targeted","blocks":[{"type":"fragment","model":{"text":"What Russia has targeted","attributes":[]}}]}}]}}],"level":2,"fontScale":"headlineSmall","id":"What-Russia-has-targeted","isFocusable":true}},{"type":"text","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","model":{"text":"Russia first launched strikes on Ukraine's military infrastructure and border guard units, according to Mr Zelensky. Then Ukrainian forces said Russian military vehicles had crossed the border at Kharkiv in the north, Luhansk in the east, Russian-annexed Crimea in the south and from Belarus too.","blocks":[{"type":"fragment","model":{"text":"Russia first launched strikes on Ukraine's military infrastructure and border guard units, according to Mr Zelensky. Then Ukrainian forces said Russian military vehicles had crossed the border at Kharkiv in the north, Luhansk in the east, Russian-annexed Crimea in the south and from Belarus too.","attributes":[]}}]}}]}},{"type":"image","model":{"caption":{"type":"text","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"fragment","model":{"text":"The military airport at Chuhuyev near Kharkiv was among those targeted","attributes":[]}}]}},"image":{"alt":"Black smoke rises from a military airport in Chuhuyev near Kharkiv on February 24, 2022","copyright":"Getty Images","height":549,"width":976,"src":"https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/1887/production/_123397260_explosion.jpg","srcSet":"https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/1887/production/_123397260_explosion.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/1887/production/_123397260_explosion.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/1887/production/_123397260_explosion.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/1887/production/_123397260_explosion.jpg 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/1887/production/_123397260_explosion.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/1887/production/_123397260_explosion.jpg 976w"}}},{"type":"text","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","model":{"text":"Ukraine's army said Kyiv's Boryspil international airport was among a number of airfields that had been bombed, along with military headquarters and warehouses in the big cities of Kyiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv and Mariupol.","blocks":[{"type":"fragment","model":{"text":"Ukraine's army said Kyiv's Boryspil international airport was among a number of airfields that had been bombed, along with military headquarters and warehouses in the big cities of Kyiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv and Mariupol.","attributes":[]}}]}}]}},{"type":"text","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","model":{"text":"Mr Zelensky said Russia had positioned almost 200,000 troops and thousands of combat vehicles on Ukraine's borders.","blocks":[{"type":"fragment","model":{"text":"Mr Zelensky said Russia had positioned almost 200,000 troops and thousands of combat vehicles on Ukraine's borders.","attributes":[]}}]}}]}},{"type":"subheadline","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"text","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","model":{"text":"'Unprovoked and unjustified'","blocks":[{"type":"fragment","model":{"text":"'Unprovoked and unjustified'","attributes":[]}}]}}]}}],"level":2,"fontScale":"headlineSmall","id":"Unprovoked-and-unjustified","isFocusable":true}},{"type":"text","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","model":{"text":"The Russian leader launched the \"special military operation\" repeating a number of unfounded claims he has made this week, alleging that Ukraine's democratically elected government had been responsible for eight years of genocide.","blocks":[{"type":"fragment","model":{"text":"The Russian leader launched the \"special military operation\" repeating a number of unfounded claims he has made this week, alleging that Ukraine's democratically elected government had been responsible for eight years of genocide.","attributes":[]}}]}}]}},{"type":"image","model":{"caption":{"type":"text","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"fragment","model":{"text":"President Putin announced the military attack on Ukraine in a pre-recorded TV address","attributes":[]}}]}},"image":{"alt":"Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks about authorising a special military operation in Ukraine\"s Donbass region during a special televised address on Russian state TV","copyright":"Reuters","height":549,"width":976,"src":"https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/62BF/production/_123397252_putinangry.jpg","srcSet":"https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/62BF/production/_123397252_putinangry.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/62BF/production/_123397252_putinangry.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/62BF/production/_123397252_putinangry.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/62BF/production/_123397252_putinangry.jpg 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/62BF/production/_123397252_putinangry.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/62BF/production/_123397252_putinangry.jpg 976w"}}},{"type":"text","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","model":{"text":"He said the goal was demilitarisation and \"denazification\" of Ukraine. Hours earlier Ukraine's president had asked how a people who lost eight million of its citizens fighting Nazis support Nazism. \"How could I be a Nazi?,\" said Mr Zelensky, who is himself Jewish.","blocks":[{"type":"fragment","model":{"text":"He said the goal was demilitarisation and \"denazification\" of Ukraine. Hours earlier Ukraine's president had asked how a people who lost eight million of its citizens fighting Nazis support Nazism. \"How could I be a Nazi?,\" said Mr Zelensky, who is himself Jewish.","attributes":[]}}]}}]}},{"type":"text","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","model":{"text":"Ukraine's Western allies had repeatedly warned that Russia was poised to invade, despite repeated denials from Moscow. The US, EU, UK and Japan imposed sanctions against leading Russians, Russian banks and MPs who backed the move. ","blocks":[{"type":"fragment","model":{"text":"Ukraine's Western allies had repeatedly warned that Russia was poised to invade, despite repeated denials from Moscow. The US, EU, UK and Japan imposed sanctions against leading Russians, Russian banks and MPs who backed the move. ","attributes":[]}}]}}]}},{"type":"text","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","model":{"text":"Responding to Russia's assault, US President Joe Biden said Washington and its allies would respond in a united and decisive way to \"an unprovoked and unjustified attack by Russian military forces\" on Ukraine. ","blocks":[{"type":"fragment","model":{"text":"Responding to Russia's assault, US President Joe Biden said Washington and its allies would respond in a united and decisive way to \"an unprovoked and unjustified attack by Russian military forces\" on Ukraine. 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