RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR LATEST UPDATES
(The Quiver) : Russian defence ministry said that Ukraine’s air bases and military infrastructure has been neutralised, IFX news agency report. Meanwhile, Ukraine military said that five Russian planes and a Russian helicopter were shot down in Luhansk region, reported Reuters.
Putin’s move comes close on the heels of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s statement that Russia will invade Ukraine within hours . Russia had earlier said that separatists had asked Kremlin for help to repel Ukranian “aggression”, and as explosions rocked the breakaway eastern city of Donetsk. For days now, the Russia-Ukraine borders have seen large deployments of Russian military columns. Tensions had climbed after Putin recognised two separatist regions in Ukraine as independent and ordered the deployment of what he called peacekeepers.
Russian-backed separatists say they now control two towns in the Luhansk region of Ukraine, reported news agency Reuters. Meanwhile, Ukraine interior ministry said that one person has been killed and one wounded in Brovary, Kyiv. Shelling is continuing across Ukraine, according to a Reuters report.
Ukrainian citizens are rushing to leave the nation, Belarusian soldiers have joined the Russian troops in its offensive against Ukraine.
