Russian President Vladimir Putin in a televised speech early Thursday (February 24) said he has ordered a “special military operation” in eastern Ukraine.
Explosions were reported in multiple cities in Ukraine following Putin’s announcement. Ukraine’s government called it a “full-scale invasion of Ukraine” was underway.
US President Joe Biden said in a statement that he “condemned this unprovoked and unjustified attack by Russian military forces” and would work with the G7 and allies to impose “severe sanctions.”
The UN Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday (February 23) night convened an emergency meeting on Ukraine. Many of the UNSC members issued statements condemning the development, with Ukrainian Ambassador to the UN Sergiy Kyslytsya telling his Russian counterpart, “You declare war and it is the responsibility of this body to stop the war.” Russia, which holds the rotating presidency of the Security Council this month, adjourned the meeting.
Here are a few images and videos of the Ukraine-Russia conflict.
LIVE: Ukrainians leave Kyiv after Russian forces begin a military operation in Ukraine https://t.co/IuUcMs1c2o
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 24, 2022
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Breaking – Visuals from Ukraine: Cars lined up in long queues around gasoline pumps.@IndiainUkraine @MEAIndia
Visuals: Indian students from Ukraine#RussiaUkraineConflict #UkraineRussiaCrisis pic.twitter.com/cwGWyrpeAP
— Prasar Bharati News Services पी.बी.एन.एस. (@PBNS_India) February 24, 2022
BREAKING : Russia Launches Air strike on Khariv, Ukraine. #RussiaUkraineConflict @pradip103 pic.twitter.com/KdCoJSDClD
— Jan Ki Baat (@jankibaat1) February 24, 2022
Black smoke rises from a military airport in Chuguyev near Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Ukraine border guards report the first death and say Russia's ground forces have crossed into Ukraine from several directions pic.twitter.com/jNtxDWib7J
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) February 24, 2022
#RussiaUkraineConflict | Visuals of Indian students stranded in Ukraine emerge. pic.twitter.com/UwTPxVPFvG
— NewsX (@NewsX) February 24, 2022
In Pics from #UkraineConflict: Black smoke rises from a military airport in Chuguyev near Kharkiv while in Kyiv, police inspect remains of a shell in a street.
(📸: AFP) pic.twitter.com/SSY8ZweQMH
— NDTV (@ndtv) February 24, 2022
World reacts to Russian attack on Ukraine.
"In the name of humanity, do not allow to start in Europe what could be the worst war since the beginning of the century," UN chief Guterres.
"The world will hold Russia accountable," Biden https://t.co/caHIu9s2r2 pic.twitter.com/4FiJ72mnkw
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) February 24, 2022
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