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The war that

Ukraine

so feared and part of the world did not want to believe has begun.

Russian President

Vladimir Putin

ordered his troops to carry out a special military operation in the

Donbas region.

In a controversial televised speech,

Putin

assured that the occupation intended to

"denazify

" Ukraine and "protect people from the abuses and genocide that have been the object of the Ukrainian government for eight years."

Putin appealed to the Ukrainian military: "You swore before the Ukrainian people, do not follow the orders of the junta,

I urge you to lay down your arms

and go home."

Since early morning shots began to be heard near the main airport of

Borispol,

in Kiev and the ground forces have begun the advance on Ukraine.

The army has so far attacked nine regions and, in the first moments, has tried to

neutralize military infrastructure and airports

.

Russian troops are also advancing into Ukrainian territory from

Belarus

and

Crimea

.

The explosions take place in the Ukrainian capital, also in

Kharkov

, 40 kilometers from the border with

Russia

, the country's second largest city.

Air raid sirens sound in

Kiev

and

Odessa

.

"We ask everyone to urgently go to civil protection shelters," says the message from the City Council.

On the street, people run with suitcases while others queue at ATMs or gas stations.

On the roads there are long traffic jams of people who want to escape from the Russian advance.

"People want to go west, to cities where there are no airports and military installations," Olga, a public official, told Efe.

The authorities also report that many citizens have approached the subway, to take refuge from an air attack.

Up to 2,000 Ukrainian refugees have arrived at the border with

Moldova

, according to the Interior Minister of that country,

Anda Revenko

.

As the international community condemns the invasion and calls for it to end in the name of "humanity",

NATO

leaders will wait until tomorrow to meet via video conference to discuss actions to be taken following the invasion of Ukraine.

The president of this country,

Volodimir Zelensky,

has imposed martial law and begged the population not to panic, but the war has already claimed its

first victims.

Kiev has announced that more than 40 soldiers and a dozen Ukrainian civilians have been killed.

As the hours go by, the tanks take over the landscape in some cities that, until a few hours ago, remained in a tense calm.

The Ukrainian authorities have severed diplomatic relations with Russia (already fragile since the annexation of Crimea), closed the airspace to civil aviation and

called the volunteers

of the Territorial Defense Units to arms.

"Anyone who is ready and able to hold a weapon can join the Territorial Defense Units in their region," this military formation announced on its Facebook page, listing the addresses of all the country's recruitment centers. .

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