JUST IN: White House issues statement on latest in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a military operation in Ukraine and warned other countries that any attempt to interfere with the Russian action would lead to "consequences they have never seen."
President Joe Biden says Russian President Vladimir Putin's actions in the last 24 hours has signaled the "beginning of an invasion" and announced the first round of sanctions against Russia in response. Implementing full blocking sanctions will not allow Russia to trade with European markets and the Nord Stream 2 pipeline will not move forward, Biden said. The president added that Russia will pay an even steeper price if this continues and the U.S.
File - Ukrainian police officers stand guard outside the embassy of the Russian Federation as human rights activists protest outside the embassy of the Russian Federation against human rights abuses in Russia-occupied Crimea on Feb. 21, 2022, in KyivA short time later, the Ukrainian president rejected Moscow’s claims that his country poses a threat to Russia and said a Russian invasion would cost tens of thousands of lives.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the rebel chiefs wrote to Putin on Wednesday, pleading with him to intervene after Ukrainian shelling caused civilian deaths and crippled vital infrastructure. The action reflected increasing concern among Ukrainian authorities after weeks of trying to project calm. The Foreign Ministry advised against travel to Russia and recommended that any Ukrainians who are there leave immediately.
Early Thursday, airspace over all of Ukraine was shut down to civilian air traffic, according to a notice to airmen. A commercial flight tracking website showed that an Israeli El Al Boeing 787 flying from Tel Aviv to Toronto turned abruptly out of Ukrainian airspace before detouring over Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland. The only other aircraft tracked over Ukraine was a U.S.
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