Russian troops launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine on Thursday, as President Vladimir Putin cast aside international condemnation and sanctions and warned other countries that any attempt to interfere would lead to “consequences you have never seen.” The Russian military claimed to have wiped out Ukraine’s entire air defenses in a matter of hours. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said 137 civilians and military personnel have been killed so far in the Russian invasion of his country. The ministry said more than 30 Russian tanks had been destroyed, along with seven Russian aircraft and six helicopters. Pics/AFP,PTI
Updated On: 2022-02-25 01:23 PM IST
Ukrainian military track burns at an air defence base in the aftermath of an apparent Russian strike in Mariupol, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022.
Ukrainian servicemen sit atop armored personnel carriers driving on a road in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine.
Firefighters extinguish a blaze at a damaged residential building at Koshytsa Street, a suburb of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, early on February 25, 2022.
Ukrainian servicemen eat dinner after their duty at the frontline near Svitlodarsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022.
Vladimir, 70, and his wife Tamara, 80, sit in the Kyiv subway, using it as a bomb shelter in Kyiv, Ukraine.
People look on during a demonstration in support of Ukraine in response to Russia's invasion of the country Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, in Seattle.
Smoke and flame rise near a military building after an apparent Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine.
People stand next to fragments of military equipment on the street in the aftermath of an apparent Russian strike in Kharkiv in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
A screenshot made available by Flightradar24.com that shows the clear airspace over Ukraine on Thursday Feb. 24, 2022 not long after Russian troops launched their anticipated attack on Ukraine.
Indian nationals upon their arrival at the IGI Airport by an Air India flight from Ukraine amid rising Russia-Ukraine tension, in New Delhi
A woman walks by a photographic memorial for those killed in the confrontation between Ukraine's military and the pro-Russia separatist forces in Sievierodonetsk, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine.
Damaged radar arrays and other equipment is seen at Ukrainian military facility outside Mariupol, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022.
People from neighboring Ukraine, rest at a train station hall that was turned into an accommodation center in Przemysl, Poland, on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022.
Protesters hold up placards during a demonstration against the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Sydney on February 25, 2022.
