Russia has today commenced all-out war on Ukraine with coexisting attacks coming from the south, east and north, by land and by air. Missiles and bombs rained from the sky, tanks shook across the border, helicopters droned in the air and explosions were seen across the nation after Vladimir Putin lent the order to attack.
By midday, Thursday, the skies over Kyiv flocked with Russian attack helicopters which captured Gostomel airbase – though Ukrainian forces launched a fight-back, with ground forces moving in to retake the airfield as jets streaking over the city, reported by reports that up to four Russian choppers had been shot out of the situation.
“The war with Ukraine has been declared to cover up the robbery of Russian citizens and deflect their attention away from the nation’s internal crises, from the degradation of its economy,” Alexie Navalny announced. “I am against this war.”
Navalny is presently serving a prison sentence for apparent parole violations that could be expanded by more than a decade if he is convicted of new charges comprising fraud and contempt of court.
His supporters have claimed that his latest trial – which opened last week – has been purposefully timed to coincide with the Ukraine crisis. Russian communications regulator Roskomnadzor has warned media outlets they must check the veracity of their reports about the situation in eastern Ukraine and only publish information from official Russian sources.
Roskomnadzor said the distribution of false information online would lead to immediate restrictions. “We emphasise that it is namely Russian official information sources that hold and disseminate reliable and up-to-date information,” Roskomnadzor said. Erdogan slams Russia’s attack as a ‘heavy blow’ to peace
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has denounced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a “heavy blow” to regional peace. “We reject Russia’s military operation,” Erdogan said in a televised speech, calling it as a “heavy blow to regional peace and stability.” Ukraine says Russia is carrying out ‘full-scale attack’
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says Russia is carrying out a full-scale offensive from multiple directions and that Ukrainian forces are resisting the attack. “No, this is not a Russian invasion only in the east of Ukraine, but a full-scale attack from multiple directions. Ukraine stands with both feet on the ground & continues to defend itself,” Kuleba said on Twitter.
