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Russia launches invasion: Many Ukrainian cities targeted

Russia launched an invasion with bewildering speed and against a wide range of targets right across Ukraine. Al Jazeera’s @Andrew Simmons reports from Kyiv, which on Thursday woke up to the invasion. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #UkraineCrisis #Russia #Invasion

Why the Russia-Ukraine crisis just got much worse | Start Here

Russia has recognised two breakaway areas in eastern Ukraine and sent in soldiers. It’s got the world worried about a full-blown war. #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann explains what’s going on. Check out our other Start Here episodes https://bit.ly/3o0BEIW Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ And let us know in the comments if there’s a topic you find confusing and would like Start Here to cover ⤵️

Russia parliament approves Putin request to send troops

President Vladimir Putin’s request to Russian parliament to send troops abroad. Earlier, the Russians had sent what they call peacekeepers to breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine – which Moscow has now recognised. That prompted a sharp response from the West. Germany has put its gas pipeline project with Russia on hold. And the UK has announced sanctions against five Russian banks and three individuals. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Russia #Ukraine

Russia extends military mission in Belarus indefinitely

French President Emmanuel Macron made phone calls to the leaders of Russia and Ukraine on Sunday as part of ongoing diplomatic efforts to find a peaceful solution to the escalating crisis in eastern Ukraine. The talks came on the same day an estimated 30,000 Russian troops had their mission in Belarus extended indefinitely. Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi reports. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Belarus #Russia #Ukraine

US requests extradition of former Honduras President Hernandez

The United States has asked Honduras to arrest and hand over its former president. Juan Orlando Hernandez has been accused in a federal court in New York of receiving money from drug cartels. Hernandez’s legal team has said it will take its direction from the Supreme Court of Honduras, not from foreign countries. Al Jazeera’s Katia Lopez Hoda-Yan has more. #Honduras #US

Russia’s increasing military activity in Belarus raises concerns

Russian troops have been conducting drills in Belarus. It is the largest deployment of Russian forces there since the end of the Cold War. And NATO believes it is a potential starting point for an invasion of Ukraine. Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen reports from the Zyabrovka airfield in Belarus, near the Ukrainian border. #Russia #Belarus

Russia’s military drills near Ukraine border raise invasion fears

Russian troops are carrying out large-scale military drills in Belarus, as well as naval drills in the Black Sea near the border with Ukraine. Kyiv says the war games make navigating critical waterways “virtually impossible”. Al Jazeera’s @Charles Stratford reports from Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Ukraine #Russia #Invasion

Russia-Ukraine tension: Ukrainian soldiers prepare for escalation

Caught in the middle of the diplomatic standoff between Russia and the West, Ukrainian soldiers are waiting on the front lines. Despite repeated assurances from Russia that it does not want war, these soldiers keep a careful watch. Each has a different theory about what form an invasion would take, but they also simply hope there will be no attack. Al Jazeera’s @Mohammed Jamjoom reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Russia #Ukraine

US supply chain problems cause more shortages in basic items

President Joe Biden is being blamed for empty shelves in US supermarkets. Winter weather and the surge in Omicron cases is adding to the disruption. And as Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi reports from Maryland, the pandemic has exposed problems with deregulation for truck drivers and how their pay has been cut. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #US