vladimir putin comes across now as a leader with an almost messianic idea to force ukraine back into moscow s orbit, even if that means war. what the public might think about that doesn t come into it. he seems determined to achieve his goal. the actions of a government can demonise a whole nation, but keep in mind amongst the public here, there is little support for war with ukraine. i m sorry, so shocked. ijust can t help crying. i think that most of russia don t support this, it s horrible. and why don t they support it? because it s not our war, it s war by putin, biden or anyone else, but not our nation. i think the ukrainian soldiers will surrender, she says, and they should. it s terrible to be at war with ukraine.
the eyes of the world are on ukraine where russian military forces have been carrying out an offensive by land, sea and air. there have been casualties on both sides. ukraine says 137 lives have been lost. many thousands are seeking shelter. president putin announced a special military operation was under way in the eastern donbas region. its purpose he said was a demilitarisation of ukraine. as he spoke, missile strikes were reported across ukraine, including in the capital, care. russia is that it destroyed more than 70 literary targets that included 11 airfields, and 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 reached the border in
more than ever are united and we are determined. to conclude, let me stress that these events indeed mark the beginning of a new era. we must be very clear now on our analysis, burton is trying to subjugate a friendly european country, putin. he is trying to redraw the maps of europe by force. he must and he will fail. at the same news conference, the french president emmanuel macron said president putin had been duplicitous. translation: , translation: after ust few hours before translation: after ust few hours before the translation: afterjust few hours before the launch - translation: afterjust few hours before the launch of i hours before the launch of these military operations and these military operations and the recognition of two illegitimate republics and the military attack, we were still having talks with president putin about the details of the minsk agreements. that means that they were certainly