Putin recognizes rebel territories in Ukraine as indepent !

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Vladmir Putin has told world leaders that they ‘will face consequences greater than any in history’ if they interfere with his invasion of Ukraine.

The Russian President gave a chilling warning to the West after declaring war on his neighbour.

In an early morning broadcast he said: ‘To anyone who would consider interfering from the outside – if you do, you will face consequences greater than any you have faced in history.

Hundreds of civilians are feared to have been killed within hours after a comprehensive attack on military targets and critical infrastructure.

There has reportedly been heavy bombing in Odessa, the seat of Ukraine’s navy, which is feared to have been crippled already.

Ukraine’s border guards said it was under attack ‘with the use of artillery, heavy equipment and firearms’ in the regions of Luhansk, Sumy, Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Zhytomyr.

The Russian stock market lost 40% of its value today.

Did I just see photos of Chernonbyl getting bombed??

A theoretical plot twist: What if the Nato accepts the Ukraine membership immediately at this moment, would Putin pull out then? Or would he take it as an act of war?

Police in Russia arrested nearly 1,400 people at anti-war protests staged in cities across the country after President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion of Ukraine, an independent monitor said.

“More than 1,391 people have already been detained in 51 cities,” said OVD-Info on Thursday, which tracks arrests at opposition rallies.

More than 700 people were arrested in Moscow and about 340 people in the second largest city Saint Petersburg, the monitor said.

The invasion of Ukraine is taking place during an unprecedented crackdown on the Russian opposition, with most protest leaders assassinated, jailed or forced out of the country.

A number of Russian activists called on social media for people to take to the streets after Putin launched the offensive on Ukraine in the early hours of Thursday.

One petition, started by a prominent human rights advocate, Lev Ponomavyov, garnered over 150,000 signatures within several hours and 289,000 by the end of the day.

More than 250 journalists put their names on an open letter decrying the aggression. Another one was signed by some 250 scientists, while by 194 municipal council members in Moscow and other cities signed a third.

In recent years Russia has toughened protest laws, and demonstrations often end in mass arrests.

Earlier Thursday, Navalny said he was against the invasion of Ukraine.

“I am against this war,” Navalny was heard saying in a video published by the independent television channel Dozhd.

Several Russian celebrities and public figures, including some working for state TV, spoke out against the attack.