Russia mounted a pre-dawn invasion of Ukraine from both its own and Belarusian territory this morning. President Putin says he intends to “demilitarize” and “denazify” Ukraine. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says Ukraine will fight.
The US had warned yesterday, continuing its recent policy of unusual transparency with respect to intelligence products, that a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine was expected within forty-eight hours. It came in less than twenty four.