Ukrainian interior ministry reports that the Russians have taken Gostomel, 15KM from KYIV
FLASH Russian forces breakthrough in Kyiv Oblast
Ukrainian officials say a Russian helicopter airborne landing attempt is under way at the Hostomel military airport just outside Kyiv.
Russian forces advance in Kherson Oblast, north of Crimea, reaching city of Nova Kakhova near the Dnieper River
Zelensky: Ukraine breaks off diplomatic relations with Russia. For all those who have not yet lost their conscience in Russia, it is time to go out and protest against the war with Ukraine.
Ukrainian Army claims: Recaptured Schastia, Luhansk Oblast whilst killing 50 enemy soldiers, destroying equipment. Seven enemy planes and two helicopters downed, 4 enemy tanks destroyed with casualties strewn across road near Kharkiv.
Russian breakthrough at Kharkiv; Russian troops seized two villages in the Luhansk Oblast
Ukraine says Russian Armed Forces cross the border in Lugansk, Kharkiv and Chernihiv
Russia's Defense Ministry says Ukrainian air defenses have been 'neutralized' - TASS
Ukraine’s interior ministry now says the country’s northern border is under attacks from Russian forces, with Belarusian support. Russian troops rolling into Ukraine via Belarusian border, says CNN
The President of Belarus gave orders to his army to integrate and cooperate with the Russian army in the invasion of Ukraine
Ukraine’s Interior Ministry confirms “missiles have just struck at the center of the Military Administration, airfields, military depots, in Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Dnipro.” Also artillery shelling at border areas.
Russian Defense Ministry: Military infrastructure, air defense facilities, military airfields and aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are being put out of action by high-precision weapons - RIA
Ukrainian Interior Ministry says nationwide there are hundreds of casualties as a result of attacks- CNN
FLASH: UKRAINE IMPOSES MARTIAL LAW AFTER RUSSIA DECLARES WAR
Putin in an address declares military operation against Ukraine!
The heads of the DPR and LPR Denis Pushilin and Leonid Pasechnik appealed to Vladimir Putin with a request to assist in repelling aggression from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in order to avoid civilian casualties and avert a humanitarian catastrophe in the Donbass, Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the head of the Russian state, said.
"Russian President Vladimir Putin received letters from the head of the Lugansk People's Republic, Leonid Pasechnik, and the head of the Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin. The heads of these republics, on their own behalf and on behalf of their people, once again express gratitude to the president of Russia for the recognition of their states," Peskov said.
The spokesman also said that Pushilin and Pasechnik mentioned that the situation remains tense in Donbass, and people continue to evacuate.
"The actions of the Kiev regime testify to the unwillingness to end the war in the Donbass," the letter read, as quoted by Peskov, adding that Donbass leaders also say "the Kiev regime aims to solve the conflict by force."