Russia Invades Ukraine: Dozens dead, bombs from many sides, ground troops advancing from several angles, many flee and airfield near Kyiv captured
Here are our top stories today. Big explosions were heard, smoke and debris were seen, and dozens of people were killed in Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv overnight after Russia launched a full-scale attack on its neighbor despite international condemnation.
Russian military said it wiped out Ukraine’s entire air defenses within hours. The Ukrainian air defense base in Mariupol, a port city in southeastern Ukraine, was bombed, so were several other military installations in several other cities.
As you read this, the assault is intensifying and President Biden is about to address the nation from the White House after a meeting with G7 leaders and a briefing from his national security team.
"The White The G7 Leaders’ meeting concluded at 10:27 AM. Meeting participants were President Biden, Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada, President Emmanuel Macron of France, Prime Minister Mario Draghi of Italy, Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan, Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the United Kingdom, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Council Charles Michel, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg," the White House said. And that is the latest update from Washington.
Simon Ateba, White House Correspondent for Today News Africa in Washington DC
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3 年America should eschew politics and resolve this avoidable war with Russia. The USA., and others can't be preaching democracy whereas stooges are apparently planted in some countries due to the quest for political correctness. Much as war is condemnable in all round, but the fascist believes that war brings an endless peace. No man wouldn't take the step by Putin when observed that his people have been annihilated and are about to be extirpated from the surface of the earth irrespective of where they found themselves. America and her allies should resolve to peace from their height of political miscalculation in Ukraine. We are talking of human lives lost in that part of Ukraine and Putin is not smiling in order to protect the long-aged integrity of Russians no matter where they may be found.