Russia's attack on Ukraine has begun.
Shortly before 6 a.m., Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation in the Donbas region.
Minutes later, explosions have been heard in various parts of the east of the country and in Kiev, the capital.
According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Russian troops have also landed in the port city of Odessa and are crossing the border at various points.
The same happens from the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014. Putin has assured that the operation seeks to demilitarize but "not occupy" Ukraine.
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenski, has declared martial law, and has issued a message addressed to the Russians, stating that when they are attacked they will find them face to face and not from behind.
Supermarkets, ATMs and gas stations
María Sahuquillo, correspondent for EL PAÍS in Moscow and special envoy to the Ukrainian region of Donbás, has spoken live on Cadena Ser to recount the first moments of the Russian attack.
Among the scenes that she has described, some of which can be seen in this video, are those of the reaction of the citizens of the affected area.
“People here are quite nervous.
They already have experience, due to the 2014 war, and as soon as these first attacks subsided a little, they have launched themselves at supermarkets to buy, at ATMs to collect cash and at gas stations, where the queues are quite long, ”she said. .
In this video you will find:
The first images
of the Russian attacks in Ukraine.
The narration of the attack in
Hoy por hoy
, from Cadena Ser.
Statements by Presidents
Putin and Zelensky.
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