WATCH LIVE: President Biden delivers remarks on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as Putin warns U.S., NATO, interference will lead to 'consequences you have never seen.”
Later, he offered Russia an end to the hostilities.
Both sides claimed to have destroyed some of the other's aircraft and military hardware, though little of that could be confirmed.Ukrainian Americans are furious at Russia and fearful for their loved ones after Vladimir Putin launched a military operation in Ukraine. Condemnation rained down not only from the U.S. and Europe, but from South Korea, Australia and beyond - and many governments readied new sanctions. Even friendly leaders like Hungary's Viktor Orban sought to distance themselves from Putin. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he aimed to cut off Russia from the U.K.'s financial markets as he announced sanctions in response to the invasion.
The attacks came first from the air. Later Ukrainian authorities described ground invasions in multiple regions, and border guards released footage showing a line of Russian military vehicles crossing into Ukraine's government-held territory. European authorities declared the country's airspace an active conflict zone.
Ukrainians who had long braced for the prospect of an assault were urged to shelter in place and not to panic. Russian and Ukrainian authorities made competing claims about damage they had inflicted. Russia's Defense Ministry said it had destroyed scores of Ukrainian air bases, military facilities and drones, and confirmed the loss of a Su-25 attack jet, blaming it on"pilot error." It said it was not targeting cities, but using precision weapons and claimed that"there is no threat to civilian population.
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