Large explosions were heard before dawn in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa as world leaders decried the start of an Russian invasion. 9News
cast aside international condemnation and sanctions and warned other countries that any attempt to interfere would lead to "consequences you have never seen".
Oleksii Arestovich, an adviser to Mr Zelenskyy, said about 40 people had been killed and several dozen wounded, without specifying whether the casualties included civilians.global financial markets plungedRussia's actions could cause massive casualties, topple Ukraine's democratically elected government and upend geopolitics and Europe's post-Cold War security balance.
After weeks of denying plans to invade, Mr Putin justified his actions in an overnight televised address, asserting that the attack was needed to protect civilians in eastern Ukraine — a false claim the US had predicted he would make as a pretext for an invasion. The attacks came first from the air, but later Ukrainian border guards released security camera footage showing a line of Russian military vehicles crossing into Ukraine's government-held territory from Russian-annexed Crimea.Kyiv residents told to stay home
Then a sense of normality returned, with cars circulating and people walking in the streets as a pre-dawn commute appeared to start in relative calm.People queue to use an ATM machine outside in Sievierodonetsk, the Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022.In a video address posted on his Facebook, Mr Zelenskyy urged people to stay calm.
He warned other countries that any attempt to interfere with the Russian action would lead to "consequences they have never seen".
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