Russian troops pour into Ukraine on three fronts | Financial Times
Russia s president Vladimir Putin has begun a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine and demanded Kyiv s army lay down its weapons, starting what could be the largest conflict in Europe since the second world war.
With bombardments of artillery, missiles and small arms, Russian troops launched attacks from Ukraine s northern border with Belarus, across its eastern frontier with Russia and in the south from Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula Russia invaded and annexed in 2014.
Columns of Russian tanks and armoured vehicles later rolled into the country from all three fronts, while fighter jets and dozens of helicopters attacked a key airport outside Kyiv. Roads out of the capital were gridlocked with civilians fleeing the city.
The pattern of Russian incursions suggested the invasion forces aim to advance south towards Kyiv, encircling Ukraine s forces in the east, and cleaving the country from the Russian border to the Black Sea. Ukrainian authorities reported dozens of casualties in fierce fighting across the country.
via www.ft.com