"The time to act is now." Kremlin says charges against Prigozhin will be dropped, Wagner fighters leave Rostov-on-Don - as it happened Why is Russia invading Ukraine? "The world can and must stop Putin," Mr Kuleba Tweeted. When announcing the military operation, Mr Putin warned other countries that any attempt to interfere with the Russian action would lead to "consequences you have never seen". Russian troops have entered the southern port cities of Mariupol and Odesa, as Ukraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba warned a "full-scale invasion" was unfolding. Mr Zelenskyy has urged people to stay home as much as possible, but said that the country was ready for anything. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed that missile strikes had been carried out on infrastructure and border guards.Įxplosions have been heard in the capital Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odessa and other cities across Ukraine. What's happening on the ground right now? The fighting between the Russia-backed rebels and Ukrainian forces there has simmered ever since, leaving more than 14,000 dead and remaining a flash-point for Ukrainian-Russian conflict. The Dutch Safety Board concluded the flight was shot down by a Russian-made BUK missile. It was Donetsk that Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was flying over when it was shot down a few months later in July.Īll 15 crew and 283 passengers, including 38 Australian citizens and residents, were killed.
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