Fleeing from Ukraine: As Russia launches wide-ranging attack, Ukrainians try to escape the violence. Live team coverage now on ABC7
KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine on Thursday, hitting cities and bases with airstrikes or shelling, as civilians piled into trains and cars to flee. Ukraine's government said Russian tanks and troops rolled across the border in a"full-scale war" that could rewrite the geopolitical order and whose fallout already reverberated around the world.
WATCH: Explosions heard in Ukrainian cities of Odesa, Kharkiv as Putin announces launch of military actionExplosions heard in Ukrainian cities of Odesa, Kharkiv as Putin announces launch of military action. In Washington, President Joe Biden convened a meeting of the National Security Council on Thursday to discuss Ukraine as the U.S. prepares new sanctions. Biden administration officials have signaled that two of the measures they were considering most strongly include hitting Russia's biggest banks and slapping on new export controls meant to starve Russia's industries and military of U.S. semiconductors and other high-tech components.
Ukrainians who had long braced for the prospect of an assault were urged to shelter in place and not to panic despite the dire warnings. Associated Press reporters saw or confirmed explosions in the capital, in Mariupol on the Azov Sea, Kharkiv in the east and beyond. AP confirmed video showing Russian military vehicles crossing into Ukrainian-held territory in the north from Belarus and from Russian-annexed Crimea in the south.
Putin justified his actions in an overnight televised address, asserting that the attack was needed to protect civilians in eastern Ukraine - a false claim the U.S. had predicted he would make as a pretext for an invasion. He accused the U.S. and its allies of ignoring Russia's demands to prevent Ukraine from joining NATO and for security guarantees.
In a reminder of Russia's nuclear power, he warned that"no one should have any doubts that a direct attack on our country will lead to the destruction and horrible consequences for any potential aggressor."
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