Welcome to the Daily Article Podcast. I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum,

narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim Denison. Russian forces invaded Ukraine by land, air,

and sea overnight in the largest attack by one nation against another in Europe since World War II.

Ukrainian foreign minister Dmitro Kaleba said on Twitter, Putin has just launched a full-scale

invasion of Ukraine. Peaceful Ukrainian cities are under strikes. According to European Union Affairs

Chief Joseph Borrell, these are among the darkest hours of Europe since the Second World War.

In a televised declaration of war, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had ordered a special military operation to strive for the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.

He added that Russia cannot feel safe, develop, and exist with a constant threat emanating

from the territory of modern Ukraine.

Then he claimed in true dictator fashion, all responsibility for bloodshed will be on the conscience of

the ruling regime in Ukraine. As CNN Stephen Collinson reports this morning, decades of peace

between nations on the European landmass ended with loud blasts in multiple Ukrainian cities.

Thundrous explosions soon loomed over the capital Kiev as air raid

sirens wailed, heralding a dangerous new crisis for a world already rocked by turmoil.

Schilling and missile strikes have been reported across the country.

Russian-backed separatists launched attacks in the

breakaway regions of Luhansk and Dhanzsk to the east, while Ukrainian officials said

Russian troops have also attacked to the north from Belarus and to the south from the Black Sea.

According to an advisor to Ukrainian President Zelensky, about 40 people have been killed so far

in the Russian attacks and several dozen wounded. President Zelensky said at a briefing,

Ukrainian military is waging hard battles, repelling attacks in Donbos and other regions in the east, north, and south.

Global financial markets have plunged and oil prices are soaring.

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