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Crise da Ucrânia

ASSISTA: Imagens da Ucrânia mostram explosões, um ataque de míssil e um helicóptero sob fogo

As forças russas lançaram um grande ataque à Ucrânia, disparando mísseis

contra cidades e alvos militares.

A invasão por terra, ar e mar começou após um pronunciamento na TV antes do

amanhecer, onde o presidente russo, Vladimir Putin, exigiu que os militares da
Ucrânia depusessem suas armas.

Os relatórios iniciais de vítimas incluíam civis e soldados ucranianos e tropas

russas.
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O líder da Ucrânia disse que seu país "não abrirá mão de sua liberdade".

"A Rússia embarcou no caminho do mal, mas a Ucrânia está se defendendo",

tuitou o presidente Volodymyr Zelensky.

A Ucrânia declarou lei marcial e cortou todas as relações diplomáticas com a

Rússia. Diz que as armas serão dadas a quem as quiser.

Na capital Kiev, onde vivem quase três milhões de pessoas, sirenes de alerta
soaram enquanto o tráfego fazia fila para deixar a cidade e as multidões
buscavam abrigo nas estações de metrô. "Não entendemos o que devemos
fazer agora", disse uma mulher chamada Svetlana à BBC. "Agora estamos indo
para um lugar onde podemos estar seguros e esperamos poder sair em
segurança."

Mark, um executivo de vendas de 27 anos, disse que estava pronto para ser
chamado para lutar. "Nós não temos outra maneira", disse ele.

Several neighbouring countries have begun preparations to take in a large

number of refugees. Moldova alone said more than 4,000 people had come
over the border from Ukraine.

LIVE: Follow latest developments

THE BASICS: What does Putin want?

EXPLAINER: What sanctions are being imposed on Russia?

Thursday's invasion followed weeks of escalating tensions, as Russia massed

troops along Ukraine's borders.

The UK, EU and other Western allies have vowed to impose tough new sanctions
to punish Moscow, but say they will not send in troops.

"These are among the darkest hours of Europe since the Second World War,"
EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said.

Dozens of people have been killed, including about 10 civilians. Six died in an air
strike in Brovary near the capital Kyiv. A man was also killed in shelling outside
the major north-eastern city of Kharkiv.

A Ukrainian presidential adviser said that more than 40 soldiers had died and
many more were wounded. Ukraine said it had killed 50 Russian troops and shot
down six Russian aircraft, but this has not been verified.

What Russia has targeted

Mr Zelensky said Russia had positioned almost 200,000 troops and thousands
of combat vehicles on Ukraine's borders ahead of Thursday's invasion.
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Moscow first struck Ukraine's military infrastructure and border guard units.
Then Ukrainian forces said Russian military vehicles had crossed the border near
Kharkiv in the north, Luhansk in the east, Russian-annexed Crimea in the south
and from Belarus too. Belarus's authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko said
his country's military were not involved but could be if needed.

Russian tanks were later seen on the outskirts of Kharkiv, a city of 1.4 million
people. Russian forces also reportedly landed by sea at Ukraine's major port
cities of Odesa on the Black Sea and Mariupol on the internal Sea of Azov.

Much of the fighting appears to be centred around the east.

Residents of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, say windows in apartment

blocks were shaking from constant blasts as the Ukrainian military and Russian
forces exchanged shellfire.

But clashes have have also been taking place around the capital Kyiv in the
north and the southern ports of Odesa and Mariupol.

Ukraine's army said Kyiv's Boryspil international airport was among a number of
airfields that had been bombed, along with military headquarters and
warehouses in the big cities of Kyiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv and Mariupol.

Footage verified by the BBC showed missiles slamming into an airport in the
western city of Ivano-Frankivsk.

Russia claimed to have destroyed more than 70 military targets.

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'Unprovoked and unjustified'

The Russian leader launched the "special military operation" by repeating a
number of unfounded claims he has made this week, including alleging that
Ukraine's democratically elected government had been responsible for eight
years of genocide.

REUTERS

President Putin announced the military attack on Ukraine in a pre-recorded TV address

He said the goal was demilitarisation and "denazification" of Ukraine. Hours

earlier Ukraine's president had asked how a people who lost eight million of its
citizens fighting Nazis could support Nazism. "How could I be a Nazi?" said Mr
Zelensky, who is himself Jewish.

Mr Putin also warned that any outside power intervening on Ukraine's behalf
would face an "instant" response.
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Neighbouring countries have reacted to the crisis.

In the Baltic republic of Estonia, which borders Russia, Prime Minister Kaja
Kallas said a number of Nato allies that shared borders with Russia had
agreed to launch consultations under Nato's Article 4. Under the defensive
alliance's treaty, Nato can be brought together if any member fears their
independence or territory is under threat.

"Russia's widespread aggression is a threat to the entire world and to all Nato
countries," she said.

As cars queued on Ukraine's border with Moldova, the country's pro-EU

president, Maia Sandu said she was declaring a state of emergency and was
prepared to give help to tens of thousands of Ukrainians. Lithuanian President
Gitanas Nauseda also said he was signing a state of emergency to be approved
by parliament.

"President Putin, in the name of humanity, bring your troops back to Russia,"
said UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

Ukraine's Western allies had repeatedly warned that Russia was poised to
invade, despite repeated denials from Moscow. The US, EU, UK and Japan
imposed sanctions against leading Russians, Russian banks and MPs who backed
the move.

In a televised address, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the "hideous
and barbaric venture by Vladimir Putin must end in failure".

Addressing Russians, he said: "I cannot believe this is being done in your name, or
that you really want the pariah status it will bring to the Putin regime." He told
Ukrainians that the UK was "on your side".

US President Joe Biden said the world would hold Russia accountable. He is
expected to address Americans on Thursday about consequences Russia will
face.

France's President Emmanuel Macron said the attack would have "deep, lasting
consequences for our lives".

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GETTY IMAGES

There are long queues as Kyiv residents try to leave

Why Russia invaded

Earlier this week Russia's president announced he was recognising the
independence of two self-proclaimed people's republics of Donetsk and
Luhansk in eastern Ukraine.

The breakaway regions were seized by Russian-backed rebels after Russia

invaded Crimea in 2014. Mr Putin launched that attack after mass street
protests in Ukraine that ousted pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych.

Since then more than 14,000 people have died in the east in a conflict between
the rebels and Ukrainian forces. A shaky ceasefire had held but there has been
a surge in violations in recent days.

Mr Putin said the military operation's objective was to defend the people in the
breakaway areas.

Kyiv and its Western allies have repeatedly rejected as absurd Mr Putin's claims
that Ukraine was being run by neo-Nazis, instead pointing out that Ukraine was
now a nation with growing democratic institutions, unlike an authoritarian
Russia.

Fears of a Russian attack have been rising for months.

Mr Putin has repeatedly accused the US and its allies of ignoring Russia's
demands to prevent Ukraine from joining the Nato military alliance and offer
Moscow security guarantees.

Guia simples para a crise da Ucrânia em mapas

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