the ukrainian health minister a few minutes ago, saying 57 people have been killed and 169 have been wounded since what shall began its invasion since russia. it has been categorised as a full scale invasion, and this began this morning after president putin gave the orderfor it morning after president putin gave the order for it to begin. morning after president putin gave the orderfor it to begin. at morning after president putin gave the order for it to begin. at around six a:m., russian time, president putin announced a military option aimed at what he called the demilitarisation and the denazification of ukraine. that is a man responsible for russian intelligence. we saw missile strikes reported on a number of ukrainian military targets in the early hours, explosions could be heard in several cities and in the capital kyiv. blasts have been reported elsewhere as well. then the land invasion got under way. tanks and troops advanced to the ukrainian east, from the
in the morning in moscow when president putin announced a special military operation was under way in ukraine s eastern donbas region. its purpose, he said the demilitarisation and denazification of ukraine. as he spoke, missile strikes were reported across ukraine including in the capital kyiv. russia said it had destroyed more than 70 military targets. that included 11 airfields. damage was reported from all across ukraine including in the far west, hundreds of kilometres from the russian border. soon after came the land invasion, with russian tanks and troops advancing. they breached the border in three main directions, from the east, the south and the north, including from belarus, russia s long time ally. we will look at all of today s developments in a military conflict, the like of which hasn t been seen in europe for eighty years. we begin with this report from our international correspondent, orla guerin.
now. basically, my morning yesterday started from. i was listening to - started from. i was listening to images of united nation council and started receiving messages from friends in kyiv saying look, there are sounds of explosions everywhere. we don t know it s happening, we can see fire anything but we can hear the big sounds. i kept receiving those messages and people telling me they evacuate and trying to get families in the car and drive from the city. i called my parents and luckily, my parentsjust the city. i called my parents and luckily, my parents just came the city. i called my parents and luckily, my parentsjust came back from odesa overnight on a train. and they were on a bus going home from the train station. the big relief for me. . . . the train station. the big relief for me. ., ., ., .,, the train station. the big relief for me. ., ., ., the train station. the big relief forme. ., ., ., ., for me. natalia, as you point out, there were for me. natalia, as you point
one of the opening salvos in russia s war on ukraine. a missile strike on an airport in the west of the country. air raid siren wails in kyiv today, a frightening new dawn for europe and ukraine. this city of 3 million awoke to sirens and an invasion. soon, a panicked exodus from the ukrainian capital as the eu spoke of one of the darkest hours since world war ii. shouting in ukrainian and darkened skies as russian attack helicopters targeted a military airport outside kyiv. ukraine says several were shot down. the invasion was by air, sea and land. president putin, who insisted it would never come, warning that no one should try to stop him.
our allies- our allies. well, for many ukrainians our allies. well, for many ukrainians their our allies. well, for many ukrainians their worst - our allies. well, for many i ukrainians their worst fears became a reality on thursday morning, just about 2k hours ago, as they awoke to news of the country being invaded. clive myrie spent the day with people of kyiv as they waited to learn what might happen next. ukrainian troops burn piles and piles of documents. what they contain, we don t know. but so great is the fear they could fall into russian hands, they must be destroyed. the enemy is literally at the gates. not far, up the road, ukrainian armour in a capital city braced for the worst. and in the trafficjam, in every vehicle on this highway sit families who, for weeks, had prayed for peace. this is actually the main road out of the capital. that way is poland, it s lviv in the west, and you ve got the city there.