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Cruise missile slams into Ukrainian airport as Russian attack helicopters circle Kyiv

Footage from Ukraine shows the impact of Russian air assaults overnight and this morning, including missile and helicopter strikes in areas close to the capital Kyiv

Daily Mirror

China refuses to accept Russia has ‘invaded’ Ukraine and blames US for ‘fanning the flames’ of war

Beijing’s remarks on military actions in Ukraine are in step with ally Russia

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson slams Russia's 'tidal wave of violence' in address to nation

In a rare TV address to the nation, the Prime Minister said 'diplomatically, politically, economically and eventually militarily this hideous and barbaric venture of Vladimir Putin must end in failure'

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The Independent UK

RTE's Tony Connelly 'moved to basement' in Kyiv amid fears of Russian strikes

More than 40 people are said to have been killed so far.

Irish Mirror

Britons in Ukraine vow to fight as Russian invasion sparks panic in Kiev

‘Ukrainians are proud people and will fight for this country, as will I if it comes down to that,’ ex-navy expat says

The Independent UK

Russian helicopters attack military airport near Kyiv - Ukrainian officials

Russian helicopters on Thursday attacked Gostomel, a military airport near the capital of Kyiv, and Ukraine downed three of them, Ukrainian officials said.

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Boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko sends warning to Russia over Ukraine war

Former world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has sent his support to his brother Vitali and declared his support for Ukraine.

Daily Mirror

Kremlin says operation must demilitarise Ukraine, purge it of 'Nazis'

The Kremlin said on Thursday that the length of Russia's military operation in Ukraine depended on how it progressed and on its aims, and that the assault should ideally cleanse the country of "Nazis" and "neutralise" Kyiv's military potential.

Reuters

Putin's terrifying thermobaric rocket launchers that can ‘rupture' lungs

Experts have warned that Russian military could use long-range weaponry such as cruise missiles to target key Ukrainian sites, while explosions were heard in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv

Daily Mirror

How Russia launched deadly invasion of Ukraine overnight - everything we know so far

Russia has sent troops and tanks over the northern and southern borders of Ukraine and fired missiles at cities including Kyiv as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calls on his people to give blood and sign-up

Daily Mirror

Putin orders Russian attacks across Ukraine in ‘dark day’

Russian forces attacked targets across Ukraine on Thursday after President Vladimir Putin vowed to “demilitarise” the country and replace its leaders, triggering the worst security crisis in Europe since World War II as the West threatened further punishing sanctions in response.

Bangkok Post

What is happening between Russia and Ukraine? Crisis between two countries explained

To help explain the Russia and Ukraine crisis, we've looked at why the conflict has happened and what Russia wants.

Daily Record

Ukraine crisis: What are the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics?

Pro-Russian separatist regions declared independence from Kiev in 2014

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Reuters

Smoke seen over defence ministry intelligence HQ in Kyiv - witness

Black smoke was seen rising over the Ukrainian defence ministry intelligence headquarters in central Kyiv on Thursday, a Reuters correspondent reported.

The Guardian - UK

Stay or flee? Kyiv comes to terms with disaster of Russian invasion

Moments of normality puncture mood of shock, fear and quiet disgust in Ukraine’s capital

Daily Mirror

British student, 19, shares Russia invasion horror as she wakes to explosions in Kyiv

Valentina Butenko is studying politics in London but returned to Ukraine a few weeks ago to offer help with the security crisis there - she has shared the horror of hearing explosions in Kyiv

Axios

Russian invasion of Ukraine throws world into new era of upheaval

"Russia treacherously attacked our state in the morning, as Nazi Germany did in World War II years."

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Al Jazeera

Ukraine asks Turkey to shut Black Sea waterways to Russian ships

Ambassador Vasyl Bodnar says Kyiv has called on Ankara to close ‘the airspace, Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits’.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Vladimir Putin is playing with fire in Ukraine

The worst, it seems, has now happened in Ukraine. In a pre-dawn televised address, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced he had ordered an operation aimed at demilitarizing Ukraine. He blamed the U.S. for crossing “red lines.” Kyiv, he said, would be responsible for any bloodshed. Reports of explosions and gunfire…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine: Torn Between Russia and the West

Ukraine, sandwiched between Russia and the European Union, has since independence in 1991 been torn between its former Soviet master Moscow and the Western institutions it wants to join. Here is an overview: - Independence and nuclear arsenal scrapped - In December 1991, Ukraine votes in favor of independence from…

Reuters

Explosion heard in Ukrainian capital Kyiv - Reuters witness

An explosion was heard in Ukrainian capital Kyiv around noon local time (1000 GMT) on Thursday, a Reuters correspondent reported, in one of a series of blasts which began after Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Fear, calm among Ukrainians as Russian troops enter, calm

Although Ukrainians had been warned for weeks that war with Russia was imminent, when the attacks finally came many seemed not to know how to react

The Independent UK

In pictures: The human cost of modern warfare as Russian invasion sets Ukraine ablaze

Ukrainian forces ‘repelling attacks’ as fight for Kyiv goes on

Reuters

'I don't know what to do': fleeing Ukrainians start arriving in central Europe

Thousands of Ukrainians fleeing war with Russia started arriving in neighbouring central European countries on Thursday and the region braced for many more, setting up reception points and sending troops towards the borders to provide assistance.

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