BREAKING: 57 Ukrainians killed, 169 more injured in Russian invasion, Ukraine's health minister says
KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three sides in an attack that could rewrite the post-Cold War security order. Ukraine's government pleaded for help as civilians piled into trains and cars to flee.
U.S. President Joe Biden announced new sanctions against Russia, saying Putin"chose this war" and that his country would bear the consequences of his action. Other nations also announced sanctions, or said they would shortly. Hours after the invasion began, Russian forces seized control of the now-unused Chernobyl plant and its surrounding exclusion zone after a fierce battle, Zelenskyy adviser Myhailo Podolyak told The Associated Press.
The 1986 disaster occurred when a nuclear reactor at the plant 130 kilometers north of Kyiv exploded, sending a radioactive cloud across Europe. The damaged reactor was later covered by a protective shell to prevent leaks. "Now we see him for what he is - a bloodstained aggressor who believes in imperial conquest," Johnson said of Putin.Ukrainian Americans are furious at Russia and fearful for their loved ones after Vladimir Putin launched a military operation in Ukraine.
While some nervous Europeans speculated about a possible new world war, the U.S. and its NATO partners have shown no indication they would send troops into Ukraine, fearing a larger war. They instead mobilized troops and equipment around its western flank - as Ukraine pleaded for defense assistance and help protecting its airspace.
Ukrainians who had long braced for the prospect of an assault were urged to shelter in place and not to panic. Russia and Ukraine 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. It confirmed the loss of one of its Su-25 attack jets, blaming"pilot error," and said an An-26 transport plane had crashed because of technical failure, killing the entire crew. It did not say how many were aboard.
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