On Feb. 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops into neighboring Ukraine under the guise of a “special military operation.” Sources on the ground in Ukraine are reporting live on Twitter, and Military Times is chronicling these accounts and will continue to provide live updates from trusted sources as the situation progresses. You can find previous updates since the start of the invasion here.
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Five countries voted against the resolution: Russia, Eritrea, North Korea, Syria and Belarus.
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The Russian military said it fully controlled Kherson, a strategic city in Ukraine. But the claim could not be immediately verified, and Ukrainian officials said that while Kherson was surrounded, the battle for it continued.
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 2, 2022
Follow live updates. https://t.co/rUNww2qEev
.@SecBlinken: Tomorrow, I'll travel to Brussels, Poland, and the Baltics. I'll meet with our NATO, EU, and G7 Allies and partners to continue our coordination; commend them on the unprecedented steps they’ve taken to support Ukraine and hold Russia to account. #UnitedWithUkraine pic.twitter.com/yprIQHTdB4
— Department of State (@StateDept) March 2, 2022
The most enduring legacy of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could be EU and NATO expansion
— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) March 2, 2022
Air raid sirens sounding tonight in Lviv, Ukraine pic.twitter.com/zwEXO0y8DG
— Lucas Tomlinson (@LucasFoxNews) March 2, 2022
BREAKING ⚡️
— Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 (@IAPonomarenko) March 2, 2022
🇩🇪Germany delivers 1000 anti-tank weapons and 500 FIM-92 Stinger to 🇺🇦Ukraine
History in the making.
"The numbers of civilians killed and wounded, the humanitarian consequences will only grow in the days ahead," Sec. Blinken says about the war in Ukraine. "The courage of the Ukrainian people is inspiring the world." https://t.co/9UOA21rW4Z pic.twitter.com/DPnvO3540r
— ABC News (@ABC) March 2, 2022
Amid reports that African citizens fleeing Ukraine are being blocked from crossing borders, the U.N.'s refugee agency said that people should be allowed to seek safety 'irrespective of nationality or race' https://t.co/FvKlzvfh5j pic.twitter.com/JjVz3D9rsN
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 2, 2022
China Asked Russia to Delay Ukraine War Until After Olympics, Nytimes reporting @julianbarnes
— Phil Stewart (@phildstewart) March 2, 2022
Over 7,000 Russian troops killed since start of invasion -Ukrainian official https://t.co/jCIzGO0Yzd pic.twitter.com/SYexkoNdFy
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 2, 2022
A video verified by The New York Times shows two Su-25 warplanes flying at low altitude moments before launching an airstrike on a residential apartment complex in Irpin, a city just outside the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on Wednesday morning. https://t.co/TTLscL1iQf
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) March 2, 2022
Holocaust survivors in a bomb-shelter in Ukraine, cursing Putin and asking for peace. pic.twitter.com/W70nzk5oKp
— Alex Vindman 🇺🇸 (@AVindman) March 2, 2022
Ukraine has slowed down Russia's invasion due to four factors, per a senior US defense official
— Jack Detsch (@JackDetsch) March 2, 2022
1) Zelensky still has command and control of Ukraine's military
2) Ukraine still getting a lot of military aid
3) Military has managed resources well
4: Ukraine's "will to fight"
Only 5 UN member states vote against resolution calling for Russia's withdrawal from Ukraine: Belarus, North Korea, Eritrea, Russia and Syria
— BNO News (@BNONews) March 2, 2022
BREAKING: Russia's chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky says a ceasefire is on the agenda in tomorrow's talks with Ukraine
— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) March 2, 2022
The U.N. General Assembly voted to demand that Russia stop its offensive in Ukraine and withdraw all troops. A Russian veto sank a similar resolution in the more powerful U.N. Security Council on Friday, but the assembly allows no vetoes. https://t.co/pRvHArmxFg
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 2, 2022
Residential building destroyed by recent shelling, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues in the city of Irpin in the Kyiv region on Tuesday. https://t.co/nLVEKi6PbB
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 2, 2022
📷 Serhii Nuzhnenko / Reuters pic.twitter.com/DRemf794AB
The @UN said today that over 800,000 refugees have fled the war in Ukraine. As Russia intensifies the indiscriminate shelling of cities to break the resistance to its invasion, many more are expected to flee Putin’s occupation https://t.co/xAdERHpiwk
— Bojan Pancevski (@bopanc) March 2, 2022
On a phone call with the head of the European Council, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy provided an update on Russia’s advance, saying he was proud of his country’s efforts but worried about a dwindling supply of arms, a senior EU official says https://t.co/0K58AV72kQ pic.twitter.com/hT96t3tLgR
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 2, 2022
In Odessa, Ukraine’s biggest port city, people are building defenses as they brace for a Russian attack.
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 2, 2022
At the city’s tram authority rail yard, old steel rails are being sliced up and welded into barricades called “hedgehogs” to stop tanks.https://t.co/ckBjYLSZ44 pic.twitter.com/7Jj9DY61Mc
“The mayor … is alleging that Russian forces are blocking the exit of civilians from the city.”
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) March 2, 2022
‘Heavy casualties’ in Mariupol, Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford reports from Zaporizhzhia, a city in southeastern Ukraine.
🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/qlo23xZR8G
"We are hearing a lot of outgoing Russian artillery from our position here." @fpleitgenCNN reports from the ground as Russian troops continue their assault on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv: https://t.co/w8u6gmEYGO pic.twitter.com/P7vdRWm4CC
— CNN (@CNN) March 2, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin has already carried out war crimes in Ukraine, says UK PM Boris Johnson https://t.co/gXwUXmcKrF
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 2, 2022
Russian troops have “completely surrounded” the southern port city of Kherson as casualties mount and residents shelter in their homes, a Ukrainian official said. If captured, it would be the first major city to fall to Russia.
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 2, 2022
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“It’s ruined,” Ilya, a 22-year-old who fled Kharkiv, said of the Ukrainian city that has been a target of Russia. “It is very bad there. They just ruined our city.”
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 2, 2022
He described a landscape of devastated buildings, failing electricity and constant fear.https://t.co/DdpEmcrcTw pic.twitter.com/ocnNRtkJ7c
We obtained a voice message by a woman from Aleysk, Russia.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 2, 2022
She says that "coffins are arriving" in their city after a local unit was defeated in Ukraine.
"Only 18 out of 150 guys survived," she says, sobbing. "That's war for you."https://t.co/XHWkeGI4Bs
The level of destruction in residential areas continues to expand.
— Trey Yingst (@TreyYingst) March 2, 2022
At least 2,000 civilians were killed since the Russian invasion began, according to the state Emergency Service of Ukraine.
Ukrainian armed forces have defeated an elite Russian unit in Kharkiv, an advisor to President Zelenskyy says. https://t.co/4VBFDcdov8
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 2, 2022
Irpin, a satellite city on the western outskirts of Kyiv, has suffered multiple Russian attacks since the beginning of the full-scale offensive.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 2, 2022
A bridge that connects the city to Kyiv was blown up by the Ukrainian forces to block Russian troops.
Video: Illia Ponomarenko pic.twitter.com/bFwVBwqK8E
⚡️Russian missiles hit central Kharkiv, damaging several residential and government buildings, including the city council.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 2, 2022
Video by State Emergency Service of Ukraine pic.twitter.com/AyGk3nBqFH
The U.N. General Assembly will vote today on a non-binding resolution that condemns Russia for the violence in Ukraine and demands an immediate withdrawal. More than 90 member nations co-sponsored the resolution.https://t.co/GdocIQuJ9R
— NPR (@NPR) March 2, 2022
⚡Russia-Ukraine war updates: 2 March 👇 https://t.co/ZeWfXJzVhG
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) March 2, 2022
The EU agreed on new sanctions against Belarus for aiding Russia in the invasion of Ukraine. They include a ban on valuable exports of potash, used for fertilizer, as well as timber, iron, steel, cement and tobacco.
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 2, 2022
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⚡️At least 136 people, including 13 children, have been killed in Ukraine since Thursday, February 24, the UN said on March 1.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 2, 2022
Earlier Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said 16 Ukrainian children were killed and 45 were injured in Russian shelling in just four days.
More than 600,000 people have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries since Russian forces invaded the eastern European country on Feb. 24, according to the United Nations refugee agency.
— ABC News (@ABC) March 2, 2022
Where they are heading: https://t.co/7AWiCnYXay pic.twitter.com/ncmhpp7cbu
Day seven of Russia's war on Ukraine. Kyiv and Kharkiv are standing, but many civilians killed by Russian missiles. Ukrainians destroyed a huge military convoy in Mykolayiv reg. Our army is great in land combat, but our children need protection from missiles falling from the sky
— Olga Tokariuk (@olgatokariuk) March 2, 2022
