Russian irredentism

"No one expected such a rapid and massive attack with casualties in Ukraine. One-third of the Ukrainian army has already been destroyed, there are explosions all over the country," Prime Minister Kirill Petkov told reporters in Brussels.

"The situation has changed completely and is very dramatic. The military aggression we are witnessing is absolutely unacceptable", said Prime Minister Kirill Petkov, who is taking part in a special European Council meeting on Russia's military aggression in Ukraine.

137 Ukrainians have died since the start of the Russian offensive, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

According to him, Moscow is hitting not only military targets but also civilian targets. European Union leaders have agreed in principle to impose new economic sanctions on Russia. The United States did the same earlier.

Russian military troops have entered Ukraine, but they do not refer to it as the beginning of the war. After Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the "beginning of a special military action" on Thursday morning, grenades, shootings and sirens resounded all over Ukraine throughout the day. On the first day of the Russian attack, 137 Ukrainian citizens were killed.

Newspapers that support the Serbian government hailed the Russian invasion of Ukraine on their front pages on Friday, 24 hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his military assault.

Informer and Alo led with front-page headlines claiming that Russia "reached Kyiv in a day", while Objektiv's headline said "Russians overrun Ukraine in a day".

In an interview with ABC television, Anthony Blinken said that "part of Russia's plan" is to attack the capital Kyiv and other major cities in Ukraine, as well as launch a multilateral attack on the country from the northern, eastern and southern borders.

Second day of Fighting in Ukraine, Clashes on the Outskirts of Kyiv

"It takes so much time for major actions outside big cities. Judging by what is happening now, the East, the Center, the South can be liberated. A corridor for Transnistria will most likely be built," said Dmitriy Abzalov, president of the Center for Strategic Communications.

Sanctions imposed on Russia are not enough, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Reuters that Russia had resumed its missile strikes early this morning.

According to him, the attacks are aimed at both military and civilian targets.

Fighting is taking place in the northern part of Kyiv on the second day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. After a series of explosions this morning, it is expected Russian tanks to enter the capital during the day.

Moscow says a special military operation has been launched in Ukraine in Donbas and these events cannot be called a war, while Putin explains that his country had no other choice.
Zelensky calls on Ukrainians to take up arms and prepare for resistance at all costs. The West condemns, imposes sanctions, sends messages... but it does not react militarily.