Russland vs. Ukraine

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Aktuelle Meldungen:

Ukraine conflict: Russian forces invade after Putin TV declaration

Russian forces have launched a military assault on neighbouring Ukraine, crossing its borders and bombing military targets near big cities. 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.

Moments later, attacks were reported on Ukrainian military targets. 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. [...] Warning sirens blared across the capital, which has a population of almost three million. [...] Russia first launched strikes on Ukraine's military infrastructure and border guard units, according to Mr Zelensky. Then Ukrainian forces said Russian military vehicles had crossed the border at Kharkiv in the north, Luhansk in the east, Russian-annexed Crimea in the south and from Belarus too.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60503037

Ferner (interessant hier, dass es wohl Attacken gegen Odessa gibt - Landungsversuche?):

Angriff auf die Ukraine

Russische Bodentruppen starten Offensive, Kampfjets auf beiden Seiten abgeschossen

Der russische Einmarsch in der Ostukraine löst grosse Besorgnis aus. Was ist über die Lage bekannt, und welche Interessen verfolgt Moskau? Ein Überblick. [...] Russland hat in der Nacht auf Donnerstag mit der Invasion in der Ukraine begonnen. «Ich habe beschlossen, eine Sonder-Militäroperation durchzuführen», sagte der Kremlchef Wladimir Putin in einer Fernsehansprache. Ziel sei der Schutz der Menschen, die seit acht Jahren Misshandlung und Genozid ausgesetzt seien, sagte Putin. [...]

Russische Bodentruppen rücken aus mehreren Richtungen in die Ukraine vor: nicht nur aus den Separatistengebieten, sondern offenbar auch aus der Krim, in Odessa am Schwarzen Meer und aus Weissrussland. Die Invasion wurde von Artilleriebeschuss an mehreren Grenzabschnitten und von Angriffen der Separatisten im östlichen Teil des Landes begleitet. [...] Die Lageberichte sind völlig unterschiedlich. Das russische Militär meldet, dass die ukrainische Fliegerabwehr und mehrere Militärflugplätze ausgeschaltet worden seien. Die Ukraine berichtet vom Abschuss mehrerer russischer Kampfjets. Für beide Seiten gibt es Meldungen zu Todesopfern und Verwundeten.

Der amerikanische Präsident Joe Biden, die westlichen Verbündeten und die Nato verurteilten Putins Vorgehen scharf und kündigten weitere Sanktionen an. Russland hat nach den Worten von Biden vorsätzlich einen Krieg gegen die Ukraine begonnen.

https://www.nzz.ch/international/russlan...ld.1613540

Hier mal eine Stimme aus dem Iran:

Russia’s Putin announces ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine’s Donbass to ‘defend people’

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a “special military operation” in Ukraine’s Donbass region to “defend people” there against government forces, stressing that Moscow has “no plans to occupy Ukrainian territory.”

In a televised address early on Thursday, Putin said he had ordered the Russian Federation's military to carry out a “special military operation” in the Donbass region after the leaders of the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Lugansk asked the Kremlin for military assistance in response to what they called “Ukrainian aggression.” [...] Ukraine, as well as the European Union (EU) and the United States, claims that Russia has a hand in the conflict in the Donbass. Moscow denies the allegation.

On Monday, Putin signed a decree recognizing the breakaway Lugansk and Donetsk regions as independent republics. The recognition followed an address in which he referred to eastern Ukraine as “ancient Russian lands” being “managed by foreign powers.” [...] In his address on Thursday, Putin said the special operation would aim to he “demilitarize” and "de-Nazify” Ukraine, stressing, "We have no plans to occupy Ukrainian territory.”

https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2022/02/24...ss-US-NATO

China (Xinhua):

Putin authorizes "special military operation" in Donbass region

MOSCOW/KIEV, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday authorized "a special military operation" in the Donbass region, and Ukraine confirmed that military targets across the country were under attack.

"Our plans do not include the occupation of Ukrainian territories. We are not going to impose anything on anyone by force," Putin said in a televised speech to the nation, noting that Russia's move is in response to "fundamental threats" of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) which has expanded to eastern Europe and brought its military infrastructure closer to Russian borders. [...]

In the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, explosions were heard at Boryspil International Airport and other places across the city, according to local media reports. The country's airspace was closed for civilian aircraft, and local authorities were evacuating passengers and staff from the airport. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday declared martial law in the country following Russia's military operation. [...] While mobilizing troops, Russia closed its airspace to civilian aircraft on its western borders with Ukraine and Belarus, the aviation authorities said Thursday.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Russian Armed Forces are destroying "military infrastructure, air defense facilities, military airfields, aviation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces" with high-precision weapons, not targeting Ukrainian cities.

https://english.news.cn/europe/20220224/...a7f/c.html

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