Happening now breaking news.

Russia is unleashing war on Ukraine in a massive and deadly attack from land, sea and air.

We're getting reports of major artillery fire tonight as thousands are

fleeing the assault that has shattered peace in Europe and triggered a very

dangerous global crisis. President Biden says Vladimir Putin chose this war

in a sinister act of naked aggression.

He's ordering new sanctions,

promising they will be devastating for Russia.

And he's deploying thousands of additional U.S.

troops in Europe.

Our correspondence are near the front lines and in other key locations for CNN's

special war coverage.

We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States

and around the world.

I'm Will Flitzer, you're in the situation room. This is now entering a second night with Kremlin forces launching major artillery fire

witnessed by CNN reporters.

It's straight to Ukraine for all the breaking news right now.

CNN's Jim Schutto is on the ground in the Western city of

Lviv. Jim Russian invasion forces have been moving deeper and deeper into

Ukraine. What's the latest?

Wolf this is the very late What's the latest? The latest, in fact, just confirmed in the last couple of minutes here and that is that the Ukrainian President Valotamore-Zilinski has ordered a general mobilization order for the military. This involves a lot of things.

It involves the conscription of conscripts.

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