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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lily Ford

Briton pleads with wife to flee Ukraine as Russian invasion begins

A British man who has been pleading with his wife to leave Ukraine has told of “a feeling of fear I’ve never experienced” as Russian military action begins.

In a televised statement at midday, Boris Johnson vowed that Britain “cannot and will not just look away” as Vladimir Putin launches a full-scale invasion on Ukraine, and pledged that allies will respond with a massive package of sanctions designed to “hobble the Russian economy”.

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