BREAKING: Watch Moment Russia Invade Ukraine, Bombs Kyiv And Mariupol

BREAKING: Watch Moment Russia Invade Ukraine, Bombs Kyiv And Mariupol

Watch moment Russia invade Ukraine below,

Onyxnewsng reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine on Thursday, February 24, 2022.

This online news platform understands that a video of Russia invading Ukraine emerged on social media networks. In the video, explosions were heard soon after in the capital and other parts of the country, prompting outrage from Joe Biden who warned of a “catastrophic loss of life”.

Watch video of explosion in Kyiv and Mariupol…

Explosions sounded as Al Jazeera’s @simmjazeera reported live from Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, after Russia's Putin announced military action in the Donbas region ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/bk9ylfv4Ym

— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) February 24, 2022

Onyxnewsng reports that weeks of intense diplomacy and the imposition of Western sanctions failed to deter Putin, who had massed between 150,000 and 200,000 troops along the borders of Ukraine.

“I have made the decision of a military operation,” Putin said in a surprise television announcement shortly before 6:00am (0300 GMT) in Moscow.

Watch as Russia bomb Ukraine below…

https://twitter.com/WorldWar3tv/status/1496763559937593349?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1496763559937593349%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2F%2F2022%2F02%2F24%2%2F

President Putin also called on Ukrainian soldiers to lay down their arms, claiming he wanted a “demilitarisation” of the former Soviet state but not its occupation.

CNN now showing footage of Russian tanks crossing into Ukraine from Belarus. Just surreal. pic.twitter.com/JjsJ468wmR

— max seddon (@maxseddon) February 24, 2022

President Biden announced he would address the nation Thursday on “consequences” for Russia and said the world would “hold Russia accountable” for its actions.

The US President said a Russian attack would cause “catastrophic loss of life and human suffering”.

Putin’s announcement statement came after the Kremlin said rebel leaders in eastern Ukraine had asked Moscow for military help against Kyiv.

In response, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky made an emotional late-night appeal to Russians not to support a “major war in Europe”.

Speaking Russian, Zelensky said that the people of Russia are being lied to about Ukraine and that the possibility of war also “depends on you”