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Political scientist, University of Ottawa. Research politics, conflicts, policy & political communication in Ukraine, US & Canada. Ex-Harvard, SUNY, UofT & LoC.

Feb 24, 2022, 12 tweets

Live: #Russia launches war with #Ukraine :

Military airfield in Melitopol is hit.

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Russian helicopters try to seize Hostomel cargo airport near Kyiv. Two are reportedly shot down.
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People take cover in Kharkiv metro. Russian troops are reported near the city.
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After firefight of Ukrainian and Russian troops near military garrison in Okhtyrka town in Sumy region near border with Russia

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Russian troops likely from Crimea near Kherson in Southern Ukraine

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Ukrainian tanks are reportedly hit by Russian troops from Crimea 5 kilometers from Kherson in Southern Ukraine

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Fighting near Kherson in Southern Ukraine

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CNN shows Russian airborne troops at Hostomel Cargo airport and reports that they have taken this airport, which is about 25 miles away from the center of Kyiv, Ukraine

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Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine reports that Russian troops entered the Chernobyl zone from Belarus. This suggests their advance to Kyiv.

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Oligarchs in Ukraine again start to make quick turnaround: Several MPs close to Rinat Akhmetov, headed by Vadim Novinsky, wrote an appeal to the president of Ukraine Zelensky with a request to start immediate negotiations with Russia.
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Video of Russian troops in Sumy. This is center of region bordering Russia.

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