Explosions heard in the distance before sunrise in Kyiv, Ukraine.
— ABC News (@ABC) February 24, 2022
LATEST: https://t.co/Hq3CVT4l2t pic.twitter.com/87ZNAV2uf5
There’s a famous phrase “4am Kyiv is bombed”. Every Ukrainian & Russian kid knows it. That’s how the announcement of the 1941 German bombardment of Kyiv sounded.
— Shaun Walker (@shaunwalker7) February 24, 2022
And here we are: 24 February 5am Kyiv is bombed by Russia.
Chilling from @ngumenyuk https://t.co/aaef8A4ygJ
SOUND ON: Air raid sirens rang out in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv early Thursday as Russia launched a barrage of missile, artillery and air attacks across the country https://t.co/x5AnBhurcK pic.twitter.com/3q64CxpZcA
— Bloomberg Originals (@bbgoriginals) February 24, 2022
🔴: Our senior reporter @cntrentF24 is in #Ukraine's Kharkiv region.
— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) February 24, 2022
🇺🇦 She reports a "great deal of concern" among residents who have queued up at ATMs to take out cash due to fear that the banking system might collapse. pic.twitter.com/aLBJkRwGyK
Hours after Russian troops launched an attack on Ukraine, long lines of traffic could be seen on a road leading out of the capital Kyiv. pic.twitter.com/elNyh4hNFF
— DW News (@dwnews) February 24, 2022
These poor people. Remember that most refugees – if that is what these Ukrainians become – never go home again https://t.co/PPfcU7tKW9
— Simon Kuper (@KuperSimon) February 24, 2022
🚨The head of the Ukrainian military has said he had received orders from President Volodymyr Zelensky to repel a Russian invasion of his country.
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) February 24, 2022
"The supreme commander the Armed Forces of Ukraine gave orders to inflict maximum losses against the aggressor" pic.twitter.com/hlmF6C7KA3
Western leaders decry Vladimir Putin as Russia launches attacks on Ukraine https://t.co/xMy8yjFn70
— Guardian news (@guardiannews) February 24, 2022
Watch the moment Russia's President Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine’s Donbas region, warning other nations of consequences if they interfere ⤵️
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) February 24, 2022
🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/e7XVFng5Gu pic.twitter.com/C1966pOHsX
#Russia aims to ensure that a new government in #Ukraine is friendly to Moscow and free of U.S. influence, according to a senior legislator from the ruling party https://t.co/Tip9vAsN64 via @bpolitics #UkraineCrisis #Donbas #UkraineRussiaCrisis
— Rosalind Mathieson (@RosMathieson) February 24, 2022
@peterjukes so truly horrifying…. the unraveling of peace and security in Europe; a humanitarian catastrophe in the making; all for the glory and gratification of one sick man in Moscow. https://t.co/n7oIEQeP7T
— alexandra hall hall 🇺🇦🌻 (@alexhallhall) February 24, 2022
Putin has been planning this since Helsinki.
— Eric Rohatinsky 🇺🇦 (@ERohatinsky) February 24, 2022
VIDEO: Ukraine residential buildings shelled.
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) February 24, 2022
Firefighters and residents on the scene of shelled buildings in Chuguev, Ukraine, as Russian President Vladimir Putin launches a military operation in Ukraine with explosions heard across the country pic.twitter.com/yXI4PTrgIT
China calls for restraint in Ukraine, rejects the term 'invasion' https://t.co/nNUI5PsUpD pic.twitter.com/9Py5SGH2Ui
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 24, 2022
The U.N. Security Council met to prevent military action by Putin. Russia invaded Ukraine as they spoke.https://t.co/jT60xbfrmQ
— Farnaz Fassihi (@farnazfassihi) February 24, 2022
🇺🇦 #Ukraine airspace right now… pic.twitter.com/XNyOhfCkYO
— CivMilAir ✈🇬🇧🇺🇦 (@CivMilAir) February 24, 2022
Ukraine’s ambassador to Ankara called on Turkey to close its airspace and to close the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits to warships. The straits are the only way that ships can reach the Mediterranean from the Black Sea, where Russia has a naval fleet. https://t.co/tJRi3rwmtO
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 24, 2022
The price of oil rose above $100 a barrel for the first time since 2014, European natural gas futures jumped 31%, and Asian stocks fell on Thursday as Russia invaded Ukraine, extending market turmoil that had been driven by fears of a full-scale attack.https://t.co/RJFcHym4O0
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 24, 2022
This is a worrying chart for any country eastern or Northern Europe https://t.co/8PsNlVDqzd
— Joe Lynam (@JoeBLynam) February 24, 2022
We will now find out how little clout the UK has now
— MarkHoward (@Mark6Grainger) February 24, 2022
This would be a great time to have a governing party that hasn’t spent years cosying up to wealthy donors who were positioned by Putin to continue his destabilisation of U.K. democracy in preparation for precisely what’s happening now.
— Brendan May (@bmay) February 24, 2022
They’re all connected. Wake up. #Ukraine
Is this a clue? pic.twitter.com/FHihwzfXIo
— Chris Rennard 🔶💙🇺🇦 (@LordRennard) February 22, 2022
In 2019, parliament's Intelligence/Security Committee looked into Russian interference in the UK. @BorisJohnson delayed the report, tried to suppress it, then dismissed it as an attempt to delegitimise Brexit.
— Oliver Bullough (@OliverBullough) February 24, 2022
It's worth reading. Here's a paragraph. https://t.co/X4rYXypYu5 pic.twitter.com/MU0RSkOzON
A small note inadequate for the circumstances of invasion, but this is not on the UK or Brexit, or the EU or NATO expansion, or fuel or money, this is down to one murderous autocrat with no respect for other countries or other people. Vladimir Putin.
— David Henig 🇺🇦 (@DavidHenigUK) February 24, 2022
The 'appeasement of Putin would have worked' line popular with those in receipt of Russian money, as wrong as the 'he wouldn't have invaded if it hadn't been for Brexit' stuff I'm seeing too much of. Navel gazing while Ukraine burns. https://t.co/YhVuzlZYSm
— David Henig 🇺🇦 (@DavidHenigUK) February 24, 2022
I’ll tell you what will really stop Putin in his tracks: Imperial measurements.
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) February 24, 2022
The Overnight Note 