I really was hoping I wouldn't need to create this topic...
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Russia invades Ukraine - 'Europe's darkest hour since WWII', Putin's warning to West
Ukraine under martial law, reports of hundreds of casualties as Russian begins invasion.
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Ukrainian President Zelensky delivers impassioned address, telling Russia: "You will see our faces, not our backs"
Zelensky revealed that he had tried to call Putin but been met with "silence."
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Russian troops have landed in Odessa and are crossing the border, Ukrainian official says
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine early Thursday, and Ukraine's Interior Ministry has said Russia's "invasion has begun" with missile strikes on Kyiv. Follow here for the latest updates.