{"id":1336339,"date":"2022-02-24T08:24:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T13:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1336339"},"modified":"2022-02-24T08:25:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T13:25:03","slug":"pics-russia-attacks-ukraine-as-ground-troops-lead-invasion-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pics-russia-attacks-ukraine-as-ground-troops-lead-invasion-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Pics: Russia Attacks Ukraine as Ground Troops Lead Invasion Force"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpics-russia-attacks-ukraine-as-ground-troops-lead-invasion-force%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1336339&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Russia went from threats to action Thursday as it sent troops\u00a0to lead a wide-ranging attack on neighboring Ukraine, with explosions heard before dawn in the capital Kyiv and a host of other cities towards the east.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainians were seen fleeing the attacks from land forces and in the air as\u00a0Russian military claimed to have incapacitated all of Ukraine\u2019s air defenses and air bases within hours, AP <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-joe-biden-business-europe-moscow-e88497e7e8d4ad178057b599cc9ec8f6\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Russia\u2019s President Vladimir Putin ignored international condemnation and sanctions, warning other countries any attempt to interfere would lead to \u201cconsequences you have never seen,\u201d as Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/24\/vladimir-putin-threatens-consequences-greater-than-any-of-you-have-faced-in-history-if-outsiders-interfere-in-ukraine\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19993922\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238704463.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19993922\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238704463-1024x682-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"659\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A Russian military truck moves along a road in Russia\u2019s southern Rostov region, which borders the self-proclaimed Donetsk People\u2019s Republic, on February 23, 2022. (Photo by STRINGER \/ AFP) (Photo by STRINGER\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19993482\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1000-2-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19993482\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1000-2-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Damaged radar arrays and other equipment is seen at Ukrainian military facility outside Mariupol, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Russia has launched a barrage of air and missile strikes on Ukraine early Thursday and Ukrainian officials said that Russian troops have rolled into the country from the north, east and south. (AP Photo\/Sergei Grits)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Damaged radar arrays and other equipment is seen at Ukrainian military facility outside Mariupol, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Russia has launched a barrage of air and missile strikes on Ukraine early Thursday and Ukrainian officials said that Russian troops have rolled into the country from the north, east and south. (AP Photo\/Sergei Grits)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19992722\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238719111.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19992722\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238719111-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Police and security personnel inspect gather by the remains of a shell landed in a street in Kyiv on February 24, 2022. (SERGEI SUPINSKY\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19992642\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238719353.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19992642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238719353-1024x709-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"685\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A woman stands in a street as black smoke rises from a military airport in Chuguyev near Kharkiv on February 24, 2022.(ARIS MESSINIS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19992586\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238721363.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19992586\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238721363-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Firefighters work on a fire on a building after bombings on the eastern Ukraine town of Chuguiv on February 24, 2022, as Russian armed forces are trying to invade Ukraine from several directions, using rocket systems and helicopters to attack Ukrainian position in the south, the border guard service said. (ARIS MESSINIS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19992594\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1372501084.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19992594\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1372501084-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>\u00a0People stand around a damaged structure caused by a rocket on February 24, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Overnight, Russia began a large-scale attack on Ukraine, with explosions reported in multiple cities and far outside the restive eastern regions held by Russian-backed rebels. (Chris McGrath\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued a video statement declaring martial law. He told Ukrainians that the United States was gathering international support to respond to Russia. He urged residents to remain calm and stay at home.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>At the same time Ukraine mobilised its own forces to ready for further attacks.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19992538\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1000-5.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19992538 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1000-5.jpeg\" alt=\"Ukrainian soldiers ride in a military vehicle in Mariupol, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Russian troops launched their anticipated attack on Ukraine on Thursday, as President Vladimir Putin cast aside international condemnation and sanctions, warning other countries that any attempt to interfere would lead to \u201cconsequences you have never seen.\u201d (AP Photo\/Sergei Grits)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Ukrainian soldiers ride in a military vehicle in Mariupol, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. (AP Photo\/Sergei Grits)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19992562\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238721512.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19992562 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238721512-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"A Ukrainian military vehicle drives in central Kyiv on February 24, 2022.(DANIEL LEAL\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A Ukrainian military vehicle drives in central Kyiv on February 24, 2022.(DANIEL LEAL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19992674\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1000-1-3.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19992674 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1000-1-3.jpeg\" alt=\"A woman and child peer out of the window of a bus as they leave Sievierodonetsk, the Luhansk region, in eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a military operation in Ukraine and warned other countries that any attempt to interfere with the Russian action would lead to \" consequences you have never seen \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A woman and child peer out of the window of a bus as they leave Sievierodonetsk, the Luhansk region, in eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022.\u00a0 (AP Photo\/Vadim Ghirda)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19993938\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238724167.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19993938\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238724167-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Ukrainian servicemen get ready to repel an attack in Ukraine\u2019s Lugansk region on February 24, 2022. (ANATOLII STEPANOV\/AFP via Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Putin said the military operation was needed to protect civilians in eastern Ukraine \u2014 a claim the U.S. had predicted he would falsely make to justify an invasion.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian leader accused the U.S. and its allies of ignoring Russia\u2019s demands to block Ukraine from ever joining NATO and offer Moscow security guarantees.<\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia went from threats to action Thursday as it sent troops\u00a0to lead a wide-ranging attack on neighboring Ukraine, with explosions heard before dawn in the capital Kyiv and a host<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1336339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1336339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1336339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1336339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1336339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}