Russian invasion of Ukraine: War enters 3rd day

The war between Russia and Ukraine has entered in its 3rd day with tall claims from both sides. Russian forces are around Kyiv and fighting is reported inside the city.

Reports of artillery blasts heard in Kyiv as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns of impending Russian assault on the capital. The residents of capital have been supplied with weapons for self defense and defense of the city.

The assault, anticipated for weeks by the West, amounts to Europe’s most significant ground conflict since World War II. It is unclear how much or little Russian forces have seized or the extent of the casualties.

Source: Al Jazeera

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Russian forces on outskirts of Kyiv

Reportedly, the Russian forces have reached outskirts of capital Kyiv and are embattling the Ukranian forces.

BBC reports that a post on the official Facebook page of the Ukrainian armed forces said forces "continued to resist" Russian forces northwest of the capital.

It added that troops were still holding on to an airfield on the outskirts of the city - which could become a springboard for the Russian army into Kyiv if Russian troops were to seize it.

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Russia invades Ukraine

Finally the much speculated war between Russia and Ukraine begins as Russian forces invade Ukraine, reports BBC. Russian forces are said to have breached the border in a number of places, in the north, south and east, including from Belarus. 

In a pre-dawn TV statement Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia did not plan to occupy Ukraine and demanded that its military lay down their arms..

Ukraine said that "Putin has launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine". President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that martial law was now being imposed across all of Ukraine.

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Ukraine 'should host Euro 2012'

Eugenia Tymoshenko, daughter of jailed ex-PM Yulia Tymoshenko says Ukraine should host Euro 2012 football as planned, despite claims of political repression.

European leaders have said they will boycott matches played in Ukraine in protest at Ms Tymoshenko's treatment.

Her daughter said she "understood" the political boycott but added that "sports events should go on".

Ms Tymoshenko played a key role in the pro-Western Orange Revolution in 2004 and says her imprisonment is an act of political revenge by Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych.

The authorities have rejected Ms Tymoshenko's allegations. She was jailed for seven years in October, for abuse of power during her time as prime minister.

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European leaders plan soccer boycott

Ukraine faces an embarrassing boycott of next month's Euro 2012 soccer tournament by European leaders, in protest at the treatment in jail of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

Tymoshenko was jailed for seven years in a court case last northern autumn that observers say was politically motivated.

President Viktor Yanukovych, her long-standing rival, has refused to intervene despite calls from the international community. Now Tymoshenko says she is ill and has been mistreated by prison officials and doctors.

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Plot to assassinate Putin foiled

Russian and Ukrainian security groups have foiled a plan to assassinate Prime Minister Vladimir Putin after Russia's March 4 presidential election, Russia's pro-government Channel One television said today.

The report, which did not quote any named security officials, said Ukrainian special services had detained two people in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odessa after an explosion at a rented apartment in which one person was killed.

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