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[Davexl]

Guardian

8m ago 01:03
Blinken expects 'full-on invasion' before night is over

US secretary of state Antony Blinken says he expects Russia to invade Ukraine before the night was over [EST time] but still sees a chance to “avert a major aggression”.
Speaking to NBC News he said:

Everything seems to be in place for Russia to engage in a major aggression against Ukraine.”

Blinken also told ABC News that Russia is “putting the final touches” on having forces in places for a “full-on invasion” and said the US has “certainly seen the presence of Russian forces inside of Ukraine.”
The secretary of state did not elaborate on the Russian forces he said they have seen inside Ukraine and could not give “specific numbers,” but “everything we’ve seen over the last 24 to 48 hours has Russia of putting the final touches on having its forces in place across all of Ukraine’s borders, to the north, to the east, to the south, to be ready for a full-on invasion.”

[Davexl]

Getting close to 4am in Ukraine now...

[Blue Horseshoe]

The Russian invasion into Ukraine has started

[Muse]

The Russian invasion into Ukraine has started

source?

or do you just mean their 'peacekeepers' in eastern ukraine?

[Blue Horseshoe]

Marco Rubio Tweet

[Muse]

Marco Rubio Tweet

lol really? whatcha doing following rubio's twitter page?

[Waltzing]

its a shark alert twitter page... the East coast of New Zealand is on high shark alert this summer...

[Blue Horseshoe]

Fox reporting troops going in to Ukraine, look at the gold price spike, something happening.

[Davexl]

Guardian

11m ago 03:01
Russian forces will carry out 'special military operation' in Ukraine, says Putin

Vladimir Putin has announced that Russia will carry out a “special military operation” in Ukraine, Reuters reports.
In an address to the Russian people under way now and coinciding with the United nations security council meeting, the Russian president also said:

• Clashes between Ukrainian and Russian forces are “inevitable” and “only a question of time”.
• Further nato expansion and its use of Ukraine’s territory are unacceptable
• The Russian military operation aims to “protect people”
• Circumstances “demand decisive action from Russia”

UNSC meeting in progress, just words, Russia going ahead regardless...

[Davexl]

Guardian, Putin's lost the plot...

3m ago 03:14
Putin says he 'wants to “demilitarise and de-Nazify” Ukraine'

More from Putin’s address:

• The Russian president says he wants to “demilitarise and de-Nazify” Ukraine Putin has also called on Ukrainian soldiers to put down their weapons and go home, according to Reuters, citing the Russian news agency Tass.
• The Russian president adds that “in case of foreign interference, Russia will act immediately”.
• Responsibility for bloodshed will be on the hands of the “Ukrainian regime”
• Russia’s response “will be instant if anyone tries to take it on”
• He tells Ukrainians that “your fathers and grandfathers did not fight so you could help ‘neo-Nazis’”