A man stands near a Russian Ka-52 helicopter that was supposed to land near the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. Kiev airport has been the scene of heavy fighting all morning and is now said to have been taken. AP . image
Several helicopters launched an attack this afternoon on the hostel military base, about twenty-five kilometers northwest of Kiev. After a fierce fight, they could have taken the airport. It is feared that Russia will now be able to move soldiers more easily to encircle and harass the capital. AP . image
Hostomel attack video footage:
<img decoding="async" class="artstyle__image" data-credit="Beeld via REUTERS" data-original="https://images0.persgroep.net/rcs/E4pVcwF-XdVEtUzTgLvlsoEPJig/diocontent/213084496/_fitwidth/1240?appId=93a17a8fd81db0de025c8abd1cca1279&quality=0.9" data-title="Een grenspost tussen Wit-Rusland en Oekraïne, ten noorden van Kiev." data-height="572" data-width="763" height="572" width="763" alt="Border point between Belarus and Ukraine, north of Kiev. Image via Reuters" src="https://www.thecherawchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1645720979_624_Historic-photos-indeed-These-are-the-early-hours-of-the.8.jpeg" loading="lazy"/>
Border point between Belarus and Ukraine, north of Kiev. Image via Reuters
<img decoding="async" class="artstyle__image" data-credit="Beeld AFP" data-original="https://images0.persgroep.net/rcs/-PF_6_qqqE-upe3dNxEityV-XgE/diocontent/213080926/_fitwidth/1240?appId=93a17a8fd81db0de025c8abd1cca1279&quality=0.9" data-title="Oekraïense legervoertuigen in de hoofdstad Kiev." data-height="509" data-width="763" height="509" width="763" alt="Ukrainian army vehicles in the capital Kiev. AFP photo" src="https://www.thecherawchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1645720979_114_Historic-photos-indeed-These-are-the-early-hours-of-the.8.jpeg" loading="lazy"/>
Ukrainian army vehicles in the capital Kiev. AFP photo
<img decoding="async" class="artstyle__image" data-credit="Beeld REUTERS" data-original="https://images0.persgroep.net/rcs/s-N0dDEQ9OLcwibVo4EsNdLAesA/diocontent/213082596/_fitwidth/1240?appId=93a17a8fd81db0de025c8abd1cca1279&quality=0.9" data-title="Rook stijgt op na een aanval op het Oekraïense ministerie van Defensie in Kiev." data-height="429" data-width="763" height="429" width="763" alt="Smoke rises after an attack on the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense in Kiev. Reuters photo" src="https://www.thecherawchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1645720979_34_Historic-photos-indeed-These-are-the-early-hours-of-the.8.jpeg" loading="lazy"/>
Smoke rises after an attack on the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense in Kiev. Reuters photo
<img decoding="async" class="artstyle__image" data-credit="Beeld AFP" data-original="https://images0.persgroep.net/rcs/oCo_KYDH5QzStzm7y4GZJwp6sqA/diocontent/213084167/_fitwidth/1240?appId=93a17a8fd81db0de025c8abd1cca1279&quality=0.9" data-title="Duizenden inwoners proberen Kiev te verlaten." data-height="508" data-width="763" height="508" width="763" alt="Thousands of residents are trying to leave Kiev. AFP photo" src="https://www.thecherawchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1645720979_695_Historic-photos-indeed-These-are-the-early-hours-of-the.8.jpeg" loading="lazy"/>
Thousands of residents are trying to leave Kiev. AFP photo
<img decoding="async" class="artstyle__image" data-credit="Beeld Anadolu Agency via Getty Images" data-original="https://images0.persgroep.net/rcs/US1G5LGnOX90lBSiaG7cTKeCdLc/diocontent/213086799/_fitwidth/1240?appId=93a17a8fd81db0de025c8abd1cca1279&quality=0.9" data-title="Een gewonde vrouw na een aanval op een appartementsblok in Chuhuiv, nabij Charkov, de tweede grootste stad van Oekraïne." data-height="510" data-width="763" height="510" width="763" alt="A woman is injured after an attack on an apartment building in Chuhiv, near Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city. Anadolu Agency via Getty Images" src="https://www.thecherawchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1645720979_551_Historic-photos-indeed-These-are-the-early-hours-of-the.8.jpeg" loading="lazy"/>
A woman is injured after an attack on an apartment building in Chuhiv, near Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city. Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
<img decoding="async" class="artstyle__image" data-credit="Beeld AP" data-original="https://images0.persgroep.net/rcs/mI5gN0-vLHfwzZeOZKh02jdFC_A/diocontent/213087018/_fitwidth/1240?appId=93a17a8fd81db0de025c8abd1cca1279&quality=0.9" data-title="Een vernietigd radarstation nabij Marioepol, de grootste zuidoostelijke havenstad van Oekraïne." data-height="509" data-width="763" height="509" width="763" alt="A destroyed radar station near Mariupol, the largest port in southeastern Ukraine. AP . image" src="https://www.thecherawchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1645720979_383_Historic-photos-indeed-These-are-the-early-hours-of-the.8.jpeg" loading="lazy"/>
A destroyed radar station near Mariupol, the largest port in southeastern Ukraine. AP . image
<img decoding="async" class="artstyle__image" data-credit="Beeld AP" data-original="https://images0.persgroep.net/rcs/pjuOO1GLq_j_cGZx2moMRl8z6OQ/diocontent/213082648/_fitwidth/1240?appId=93a17a8fd81db0de025c8abd1cca1279&quality=0.9" data-title="Een vernietigd radarstation nabij Marioepol, de grootste zuidoostelijke havenstad van Oekraïne." data-height="510" data-width="763" height="510" width="763" alt="A destroyed radar station near Mariupol, the largest port in southeastern Ukraine. AP . image" src="https://www.thecherawchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1645720979_672_Historic-photos-indeed-These-are-the-early-hours-of-the.8.jpeg" loading="lazy"/>
A destroyed radar station near Mariupol, the largest port in southeastern Ukraine. AP . image
<img decoding="async" class="artstyle__image" data-credit="Beeld AFP" data-original="https://images0.persgroep.net/rcs/eaXX_5DYAmT4l7dPXaCl6dZsIjM/diocontent/213087421/_fitwidth/1240?appId=93a17a8fd81db0de025c8abd1cca1279&quality=0.9" data-title="Oekraïense soldaten bereiden zich voor om zich te verdedigen in Loehansk in het oosten van Oekraïne." data-height="528" data-width="763" height="528" width="763" alt="Ukrainian soldiers prepare to defend themselves in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine. AFP photo" src="https://www.thecherawchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1645720979_396_Historic-photos-indeed-These-are-the-early-hours-of-the.8.jpeg" loading="lazy"/>
Ukrainian soldiers prepare to defend themselves in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine. AFP photo
<img decoding="async" class="artstyle__image" data-credit="Beeld REUTERS" data-original="https://images0.persgroep.net/rcs/50dj-vVneNV51LoYZbMHkV4MP1Y/diocontent/213087645/_fitwidth/1240?appId=93a17a8fd81db0de025c8abd1cca1279&quality=0.9" data-title="Russische legervoertuigen op de Krim, het schiereiland dat Rusland in 2014 annexeerde. De voertuigen zijn gemarkeerd met de letter Z, zoals alle troepen die vanuit het zuiden oprukken. De voertuigen die in het noorden en oosten doorstoten, hebben een andere markering zoals een driehoek of de letter D." data-height="452" data-width="763" height="452" width="763" alt="Russian military vehicles in Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014. Vehicles are marked with the letter Z, like all forces advancing from the south. Vehicles passing through North and East have different signs such as a triangle or the letter D. Image REUTERS" src="https://www.thecherawchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1645720979_121_Historic-photos-indeed-These-are-the-early-hours-of-the.8.jpeg" loading="lazy"/>
Russian military vehicles in Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014. Vehicles are marked with the letter Z, like all forces advancing from the south. Vehicles passing north and east have different signs such as a triangle or the letter D. Reuters photo
The situation last night and this morning:
President Putin announced military operations in Ukraine in a televised address last night. Less than ten minutes later, Russia fired its first missiles at Ukrainian cities and military targets, and they did both From the north, east and south †
Since this morning, more and more tanks and vehicles are entering the country. The footage shows Russian tanks entering Ukraine from Belarus.
In the north, the Russians advanced mainly towards Kharkov, the second largest city in Ukraine. Additionally, civilians end up on the streets in the middle of the fighting:
An apartment building was hit in Chugoev near Kharkov, which resulted in many casualties. A boy was also killed, according to Reuters.
<img decoding="async" class="artstyle__image" data-credit="Beeld AFP" data-original="https://images0.persgroep.net/rcs/CAaIPK8z7DhrzT2-Y9fzo_Lxlw4/diocontent/213077326/_fitwidth/1240?appId=93a17a8fd81db0de025c8abd1cca1279&quality=0.9" data-title="Brandweerlieden bedwingen een brand in de Oekraïense stad Chuguiv nabij Charkov, die onder vuur werd genomen door Rusland." data-height="509" data-width="763" height="509" width="763" alt="Firefighters control a fire in the Ukrainian town of Chugov near Kharkiv, which has come under fire from Russia. AFP photo" src="https://www.thecherawchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1645720979_603_Historic-photos-indeed-These-are-the-early-hours-of-the.8.jpeg" loading="lazy"/>
Firefighters control a fire in the Ukrainian town of Chugov near Kharkiv, which has come under fire from Russia. AFP photo
Ukraine has also launched air strikes in the south and west of the country, as in the Black Sea port city of Odessa and in Lutsk, just 60 kilometers from the Polish border.
<img decoding="async" class="artstyle__image" data-credit="Beeld AFP" data-original="https://images0.persgroep.net/rcs/bKl4ZEl28EdePUyHoFCrW8GTieQ/diocontent/213076081/_fitwidth/1240?appId=93a17a8fd81db0de025c8abd1cca1279&quality=0.9" data-title="Zwarte rook stijgt op van het militaire vliegveld van Chuguyev in de buurt van de Oekraïense stad Charkov." data-height="508" data-width="763" height="508" width="763" alt="Black smoke billows from Chugoyev Military Airport near the Ukrainian city of Kharkov. AFP photo" src="https://www.thecherawchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1645720980_217_Historic-photos-indeed-These-are-the-early-hours-of-the.8.jpeg" loading="lazy"/>
Black smoke billows from Chugoyev Military Airport near the Ukrainian city of Kharkov. AFP photo
<img decoding="async" class="artstyle__image" data-credit="Beeld AFP" data-original="https://images0.persgroep.net/rcs/rWqgFhzYMe4PaoXdvcW99XgWmPM/diocontent/213075953/_fitwidth/1240?appId=93a17a8fd81db0de025c8abd1cca1279&quality=0.9" data-title="Politie en veiligheidsdiensten onderzoeken de resten van een raket in de straten van de Oekraïense hoofdstad Kiev. " data-height="509" data-width="763" height="509" width="763" alt="Police and security forces are investigating the remains of a missile in the streets of the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. AFP photo" src="https://www.thecherawchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1645720980_763_Historic-photos-indeed-These-are-the-early-hours-of-the.8.jpeg" loading="lazy"/>
Police and security forces are investigating the remains of a missile in the streets of the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. AFP photo
<img decoding="async" class="artstyle__image" data-credit="Beeld AFP" data-original="https://images0.persgroep.net/rcs/T_hmbjWyL_jjCH1FAevtcDHjSmI/diocontent/213077091/_fitwidth/1240?appId=93a17a8fd81db0de025c8abd1cca1279&quality=0.9" data-title="Omstaanders treuren bij het lichaam van een naaste, nadat Rusland de oostelijke stad Chugiuv bombardeerde. " data-height="509" data-width="763" height="509" width="763" alt="Passers-by mourned the body of a loved one after Russia bombed the eastern city of Chuzhev. AFP photo" src="https://www.thecherawchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1645720980_428_Historic-photos-indeed-These-are-the-early-hours-of-the.8.jpeg" loading="lazy"/>
Passers-by mourned the body of a loved one after Russia bombed the eastern city of Chuzhev. AFP photo
<img decoding="async" class="artstyle__image" data-credit="Beeld REUTERS" data-original="https://images0.persgroep.net/rcs/djU3gmf1he98KatTSBCtqsnNAkU/diocontent/213074288/_fitwidth/1240?appId=93a17a8fd81db0de025c8abd1cca1279&quality=0.9" data-title="Een militair voertuig in de buitenwijken van Donetsk. De stad ligt in het gebied dat door pro-Russische militanten gecontroleerd wordt." data-height="502" data-width="763" height="502" width="763" alt="Military vehicle on the outskirts of Donetsk. The city is located in an area controlled by pro-Russian militants. Reuters photo" src="https://www.thecherawchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1645720980_253_Historic-photos-indeed-These-are-the-early-hours-of-the.8.jpeg" loading="lazy"/>
Military vehicle on the outskirts of Donetsk. The city is located in an area controlled by pro-Russian militants. Reuters photo
<img decoding="async" class="artstyle__image" data-credit="Beeld Getty Images" data-original="https://images0.persgroep.net/rcs/fYVqp_V_AwLqeIiDimXzbok3LV0/diocontent/213075202/_fitwidth/1240?appId=93a17a8fd81db0de025c8abd1cca1279&quality=0.9" data-title="Bewoners van Kiev proberen de Oekraïense hoofdstad in allerijl te verlaten, nu Rusland het land binnenvalt. " data-height="509" data-width="763" height="509" width="763" alt="Kiev residents rush out of the Ukrainian capital as Russia invades the country. Image Getty Images" src="https://www.thecherawchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1645720980_956_Historic-photos-indeed-These-are-the-early-hours-of-the.8.jpeg" loading="lazy"/>
Kiev residents rush out of the Ukrainian capital as Russia invades the country. Image Getty Images
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