Heartbreaking images from Ukraine have emerged showing bloodied civilians staggering through the streets despite Russian President Vladimir Putin claiming he declared war to ‘protect civilians’ after ordering an all out invasion this morning.
Russia today launched simultaneous attacks coming from south, east and north, by land and by air, killing at least 40 civilians by midday including a young boy in an apartment block in Kharkiv, Ukrainian authorities said.
Other civilians were also injured and some others are believed to