Ukrainians Wake Up To War

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🗓️ 24 February 2022

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Russia has launched an all-out, unprovoked invasion into Ukraine, the largest attack by one state against another in Europe since World War II. There have been missile strikes throughout the country, including in the capital city, Kyiv. President Biden said this escalation means even more economic sanctions against Russia, but reiterated that U.S. forces won't fight the battle in Ukraine.

NPR Correspondent Eleanor Beardsley is covering the invasion from within Ukraine. And Democratic Senator from Virginia and Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Mark Warner tells NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about what the the U.S. and its allies might do next.

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0:00.0	In Southern Ukraine, people woke up early Thursday morning to the sound of military jets flying over the city of Odessa on the shore of the Black Sea.
0:12.0	And then, the sound of explosions.
0:15.0	About a hundred miles to the east in the town of Harsan, similar noises woke up the Tali shoot-off.
0:23.0	And it's really scary because the apartment, the houses are trembling, it's very loud noises.
0:29.0	Shoot-off, a 22-year-old college student, had been cooped up inside messaging with friends trying to get updates.
0:35.0	I mean, I look at the window right now and I don't really see any people, I guess they're all in their apartments watching news.
0:40.0	And what they saw on the news was Russia launching an all-out, unprovoked invasion into Ukraine.
0:50.0	There have been missile strikes throughout the country, including in Kiev.
0:53.0	Here's Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaking from the capital city.
0:57.0	Putin started a war against Ukraine against the whole democratic world.
1:02.0	He wants to destroy my country. He wants to destroy our country.
1:07.0	Everything we've been building, what we live for.
1:11.0	Putin is the aggressor. Putin chose this war.
1:17.0	And now he and his country will bear the consequences.
1:20.0	Speaking to reporters on Thursday, President Biden said this escalation means even stronger economic sanctions against Russia to, quote, maximize long-term impact.
1:29.0	This is going to take time. It's not going to occur. He's going to say, oh my god, these sanctions are coming. I'm going to stand down.
1:35.0	He's going to test the resolve of the West to see if we stay together. And we will. We will. And it will impose significant costs on him.
1:43.0	Biden reiterated that U.S. forces won't fight the battle in Ukraine. Instead, they're stationed in Eastern European NATO countries like Poland and Germany.
1:51.0	As I made crystal clear, the United States will defend every inch of NATO territory with a full force of American power.
1:59.0	Back in her son, Ditali Shutov was still in disbelief.
2:03.0	I never thought that this could happen, but it did.
2:06.0	But he insisted he is not leaving his home near the Black Sea.
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