Watch the exact moment a Russian missile hits airport as people try to flee to western Ukraine.
NEWS: Russian missile hits airport as people try to flee to western Ukraine.
The Russian military claimed that all aviation bases in Ukraine were disabled in the missile barrage that started the Russian invasion.
Smoke was seen rising near major airfields on the outskirts of Kharkiv and other eastern cities. But Russia also appears to have hit airfields in Kherson and in the far west of Ivano-Frankivsk, which is closer to the Polish border.
It also indicated that its forces had entered Ukraine, claiming that Ukraine’s border forces “are not offering resistance to Russian units”.
Military analysts said they expected Putin to send his forces to capture or besiege the capital Kiev.
There were reports on Thursday in Russian state media that air troops had captured Boryspil airport near Kiev.
