Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine (UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE DAY)

ByThe Newzz Owl

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7:33 AM: Ukraine announced they had launched a counteroffensive against the Russians to drive their forces away from Kyiv and other key cities throughout Ukraine.

7:48 AM: Inside Chernobyl Nuclear Plant, Russian soldiers are forcing 200 Ukrainian workers, who are trapped and exhausted, to work nonstop at gunpoint.

7:54 AM: There are reports that Russian drones are crossing into NATO airspace.

10:11 AM: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his vitrual address to the United States Congress said, “We need you right now”. Zelenskyy was invoking Pearl Harbor and 9/11 and he showed footage of civilian casualties.

1:13 PM: A 24 year old Ukrainian journalist working for Fox News was killed in the Russian invasion.

1;27 PM: President Joe Biden announced that he has approved $800 million in militar aid for Ukraine.

8:16 PM: Civilians, mostly pregnant women and small children, in Ukraine are using a public swimming pool for shelter from Russian bombs