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RUSSIA ATTACKS UKRAINE




EXPLOSIONS HEARD ACROSS COUNTRY; BIDEN SAYS WORLD WILL ‘HOLD RUSSIA
ACCOUNTABLE’EXPLOSIONS HEARD ACROSS COUNTRY; BIDEN SAYS WORLD WILL ‘HOLD RUSSIA
ACCOUNTABLE’

RUSSIA ATTACKS UKRAINE




EXPLOSIONS HEARD ACROSS COUNTRY; BIDEN SAYS WORLD WILL ‘HOLD RUSSIA
ACCOUNTABLE’EXPLOSIONS HEARD ACROSS COUNTRY; BIDEN SAYS WORLD WILL ‘HOLD RUSSIA
ACCOUNTABLE’


Live



UKRAINE VOWS ‘ALL-OUT DEFENSE’; DOZENS OF ITS SOLDIERS ARE KILLED


 * Ukraine’s government said it faced “a full-scale attack from multiple
   directions.” The Ukrainian military claimed to have shot down several Russian
   aircraft.
 * Explosions were reported in Kyiv, Kharkiv and elsewhere. A mass migration
   appeared underway as residents fled the capital.
 * President Biden said that President Vladimir Putin’s actions would bring “a
   catastrophic loss of life” and promised “severe sanctions” against Russia
   today. Here’s the latest.

Mariupol, Ukraine
Evgeniy Maloletka/Associated Press
Severodonetsk, Ukraine
Tyler Hicks/The New York Times
Severodonetsk, Ukraine
Tyler Hicks/The New York Times
Severodonetsk, Ukraine
Tyler Hicks/The New York Times
Kharkiv, Ukraine
Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy/Reuters
Kyiv, Ukraine
Emile Ducke for The New York Times

Anton Troianovski10h ago
Russia’s Defense Ministry says it is using “high-precision weapons” to disable
military infrastructure, air defense facilities, military airfields and planes
of the Ukrainian army, RIA Novosti, the news agency operated by the Russian
state, reports.
Michael Schwirtz47m ago
The city manager of Slovyansk began to prepare his citizens for the worst: “In
the 21st century to have rocket and air attacks, it seems like something out of
a fantasy, but it turns out, it’s reality.”
Eric Schmitt2h ago
U.S. Army troops are preparing to move closer to Poland’s border with Ukraine to
help process people fleeing the country after Russia launched an all-out
assault, an Army spokesman said on Thursday.
Valerie Hopkins4h ago
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine severed diplomatic ties with Moscow as
his country faced a wide-scale military assault.
Michael Schwirtz5h ago
Ukraine’s defense minster, Oleksiy Reznikov, called on anyone looking to take up
arms against Russian forces to immediately enlist with the country’s territorial
defense units.
Valerie Hopkins7h ago
Ukrainians lined up to buy fuel for their cars, and there were traffic jams on
the exit ramps out of Kyiv in the hours after the city’s main airport was
bombed. People began to fill grocery stores and many waited in lines to withdraw
from ATMs.
Michael Schwirtz8h ago
Ukraine’s interior ministry says that the villages of Horodyshche and Milove in
the Luhansk region were captured by Russian forces.
Anton Troianovski8h ago
Russian-backed separatists say they are attacking the Ukrainian army along the
front line in the country’s east, “using all weapons at their disposal,” Russian
media report.
Anton Troianovski9h ago
The hit to Russia’s economy is immediate. Moscow’s stock exchange has halted
trading; the ruble fell to a record low against major currencies.
Andrew E. Kramer9h ago
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said he had declared martial law because
of the Russian attack. Speaking in a televised address to the nation, he did not
clarify what restrictions would be in place.
Marc Santora9h ago
While it remained unclear what Putin meant by a “special military operation,”
reports of explosions in Kyiv and of rocket attacks on Ukrainian fighter jets at
an airport outside the city indicated that the plan extended far beyond eastern
Ukraine.
Anton Troianovski10h ago
Russia’s Defense Ministry says it is using “high-precision weapons” to disable
military infrastructure, air defense facilities, military airfields and planes
of the Ukrainian army, RIA Novosti, the news agency operated by the Russian
state, reports.
Michael Schwirtz47m ago
The city manager of Slovyansk began to prepare his citizens for the worst: “In
the 21st century to have rocket and air attacks, it seems like something out of
a fantasy, but it turns out, it’s reality.”
Eric Schmitt2h ago
U.S. Army troops are preparing to move closer to Poland’s border with Ukraine to
help process people fleeing the country after Russia launched an all-out
assault, an Army spokesman said on Thursday.
Valerie Hopkins4h ago
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine severed diplomatic ties with Moscow as
his country faced a wide-scale military assault.
Michael Schwirtz5h ago
Ukraine’s defense minster, Oleksiy Reznikov, called on anyone looking to take up
arms against Russian forces to immediately enlist with the country’s territorial
defense units.
Valerie Hopkins7h ago
Ukrainians lined up to buy fuel for their cars, and there were traffic jams on
the exit ramps out of Kyiv in the hours after the city’s main airport was
bombed. People began to fill grocery stores and many waited in lines to withdraw
from ATMs.
Michael Schwirtz8h ago
Ukraine’s interior ministry says that the villages of Horodyshche and Milove in
the Luhansk region were captured by Russian forces.
Anton Troianovski8h ago
Russian-backed separatists say they are attacking the Ukrainian army along the
front line in the country’s east, “using all weapons at their disposal,” Russian
media report.
Anton Troianovski9h ago
The hit to Russia’s economy is immediate. Moscow’s stock exchange has halted
trading; the ruble fell to a record low against major currencies.
Andrew E. Kramer9h ago
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said he had declared martial law because
of the Russian attack. Speaking in a televised address to the nation, he did not
clarify what restrictions would be in place.
Marc Santora9h ago
While it remained unclear what Putin meant by a “special military operation,”
reports of explosions in Kyiv and of rocket attacks on Ukrainian fighter jets at
an airport outside the city indicated that the plan extended far beyond eastern
Ukraine.
Anton Troianovski10h ago
Russia’s Defense Ministry says it is using “high-precision weapons” to disable
military infrastructure, air defense facilities, military airfields and planes
of the Ukrainian army, RIA Novosti, the news agency operated by the Russian
state, reports.
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WE’RE TRACKING THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE.


HERE’S A LOOK AT THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE, HOW IT CAME TO THIS POINT AND WHAT
HAPPENS NEXT.


PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL MAKE A PUBLIC ADDRESS TODAY ON RUSSIA’S ATTACK, WHICH HE
CALLED “UNPROVOKED.”


“IT’S PANIC, DON’T YOU SEE?” WE SPOKE TO RESIDENTS OF EASTERN UKRAINE WHO
DESCRIBED SCENES OF DESPERATION.


AS THE E.U. WEIGHS NEW SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA, IT’S CONSIDERING OMITTING PRESIDENT
VLADIMIR PUTIN FOR NOW.


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INVASION.


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OVER GOING TO WAR.


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RICHARD N. HAASS



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SUNITA PURI



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