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Russia and its allies from the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics launched a military operation in Ukraine on Thursday aimed at "demilitarising and denazifying" the country in the face of a security crisis of a scale unseen in Europe in decades.

As Russian forces march closer to the capital city of Kyiv, the international community is sending military aid to Ukraine. However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is calling on nations to inflect financial punishments on Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine.

Russian Foreign Minister briefs Turkish top diplomat on Russia’s operation in Donbass.

Democrat President Joe Biden’s administration turned over intelligence to communist China for months about Russia’s plans to invade Ukraine in an attempt to get China to convince Russia to not invade, according to a report.

Independent journalist reports Ukraine launched shells into the contested area, killing two school teachers.

Chinese media accidentally shows leaked censorship instructions to say nothing critical of Russia during the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

Russia's leader says Moscow seeks "demilitarization and denazification" of Ukraine, tells Ukrainian army to lay down weapons, warns of response to foreign intervention.

Vladimir Putin tells China's President Xi he's ready to hold high-level talks with Kiev.

Russia says Ukraine has been committing "genocide" on Russians in disputed Ukrainian regions.

"Great Reset"-pushing World Economic Forum praises China's "advanced" economy and its "promising forecasts."