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Ignoring repeated warnings from the international community, Russia has invaded Ukraine. Why was it not possible to prevent a crisis that had been predicted in advance?

'Putin is trying to subjugate a friendly European country. He is trying to redraw the map of Europe by force. He must and he will fail.'

The Russian and Ukrainian governments on Friday signalled an openness to negotiations even as authorities in Kyiv urged citizens to help defend the capital from advancing Russian forces in the worst European security crisis in decades.

Ukraine's government, anonymous Russian military sources and experts have all posited different explanations as to why Russia captured the infamous Chernobyl nuclear power plant as part of Moscow's invasion of its neighbour.

Many European nations scrambling to help Ukrainians

Europe is facing its greatest security crisis in decades after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Thursday. The conflict is threatening to destabilize regional political and military alliances and sparking fears that U.S. troops could be drawn into the fighting.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine by land and via the air in the early hours of this morning brought unanimous condemnation from the Western Nato allies.

Why is Russian President Vladimir Putin so obsessed with Ukraine?

Russia's attack on Ukraine sparked huge volatility across global commodity markets on Thursday: Oil passed $100 a barrel for the first time since 2014 before swiftly retreating, while gold reversed its gains. European gas jumped earlier in the day, aluminum hit an all-time high and milling wheat traded in Paris…