5 Pics: How Russia Invaded Ukraine By Land, Sea, Air

Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, unleashing air strikes and ordering ground troops across the border in fighting that Ukrainian authorities said left dozens of people dead.

  • Russia's Defence Ministry said it had destroyed 74 above-ground military infrastructure facilities in Ukraine on Thursday, including 11 aerodromes, the RIA news agency reported.
    Russia's Defence Ministry said it had destroyed 74 above-ground military infrastructure facilities in Ukraine on Thursday, including 11 aerodromes, the RIA news agency reported.
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  • Weeks of intense diplomacy failed to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin, who massed over 1,50,000 troops on Ukraine's borders in what the West said was the biggest military build-up in Europe since World War II
    Weeks of intense diplomacy failed to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin, who massed over 1,50,000 troops on Ukraine's borders in what the West said was the biggest military build-up in Europe since World War II
  • Russian air strikes hit military installations across the country as ground forces moved in, forcing many Ukrainians to flee their homes. The first bombardments were heard in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, and several other cities.
    Russian air strikes hit military installations across the country as ground forces moved in, forcing many Ukrainians to flee their homes. The first bombardments were heard in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, and several other cities.
  • Kyiv reported columns of troops pouring across the borders with Russia and Belarus stretching from the north and east, and landing on the coasts from the Black Sea in the southwest and Azov Sea in the southeast.
    Kyiv reported columns of troops pouring across the borders with Russia and Belarus stretching from the north and east, and landing on the coasts from the Black Sea in the southwest and Azov Sea in the southeast.
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  • Fierce fighting was taking place in the regions of Sumy and Kharkiv in the northeast, Kherson and Odessa in the south, and at a military airport near the capital Kyiv, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidential office said.
    Fierce fighting was taking place in the regions of Sumy and Kharkiv in the northeast, Kherson and Odessa in the south, and at a military airport near the capital Kyiv, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidential office said.
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