THE SITUATION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE:

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At least 7 people have been killed and 9 others have been injured as a result of russian bombardment, according to ukraine. According to an IFX news agency report, the Russian defence ministry stated that Ukraine's air bases and military infrastructure have been neutralised. Meanwhile, according to Reuters, Ukraine's military stated five Russian jets and a Russian chopper were shot down in the Luhansk region.

Early Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military campaign in Ukraine. Large explosions were reported in Kyiv, Kharkiv, and other parts of Ukraine as Putin spoke. Later, in Kyiv, air sirens sounded, signifying that the city was under attack. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced martial law in Ukraine, claiming that Russia had launched missile strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure and border guards.

Putin's move comes just hours after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Russia will invade Ukraine in a matter of hours. Separatists had requested the Kremlin for assistance in repelling Ukrainian "aggression" earlier, as explosions rocked the breakaway eastern city of Donetsk. Russian military columns have been deployed at the Russia-Ukraine border for days. Tensions had risen after Putin declared two Ukrainian separatist regions autonomous and ordered the deployment of "peacekeepers."

Why is Ukraine important to Russia?

Russian assault on Ukraine's border has sparked one of Europe's worst security crises since the Cold War. Russia annexed Crimea, Ukraine's most significant port region, in 2014. Conflicts between the two military continue to this day, but the latest deployment of 100,000 Russian troops along the border has heightened tensions to never-before-seen heights.

Moscow has rejected plans for a military involvement, but it has supplied NATO with a list of security demands, including the exclusion of Ukraine and other former Soviet republics from membership. In addition, Russia has requested that NATO cease military operations in Eastern Europe, which would necessitate the withdrawal of combat units from Poland and the Baltic nations. Simply put, Russia wants NATO to re-establish its pre-1997 borders.

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