The Latest News on the Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Live Updates
Russian missiles and air strikes hit Ukraine s capital, Kyiv, and more than a dozen other cities across the country Thursday, minutes after President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation that he said seeks to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine and bring its leaders to trial.
Ukrainian officials said that the initial wave of strikes targeted military installations, airfields and government facilities across the country.
President Biden called Mr. Putin s move an unprovoked, unjustified attack in Ukraine, pledging further action against Russia. President Putin has chosen a premeditated war that will bring a catastrophic loss of life and human suffering, he said in a statement.
- Putin Announces Special Military Operation in Eastern Ukraine
- Biden Calls Putin s Ukraine Actions an Unprovoked and Unjustified Attack
- U.S. Lawmakers Call for More Sanctions
- U.S. Says Russia Will Face U.N. Security Council Resolution
- Ukraine Air Space Closed to Commercial Air Traffic
- Zelensky Calls On Russian Citizens to Oppose War
- Biden Considers Tapping Strategic Petroleum Reserve
- Ukrainian Government, Banking Websites Disrupted
- U.S. to Impose Sanctions on Nord Stream 2 Company
- Ukraine s Foreign Minister Calls for Help at U.N.
via www.wsj.com