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Calls for peace as Russia launches invasion of Ukraine
Activists demand troop withdrawal and warn of nuclear war
A firefighter works amongst debris in the aftermath of Russian shelling, in Mariupol, Ukraine, Thursday, February 24, 2022

by Roger McKenzie and Steve Sweeney

PEACE campaigners called today for an end to the “shocking invasion” of Ukraine by Russia.

Russia today launched a military offensive against Ukraine with troops entering from the Russian border on the east, the Belarusian to the north and the Crimean peninsula to the south.

Jets targeted Ukrainian military installations overnight and an aerial assault seized Kiev’s Hostomel airport, indicating the attack went far beyond the breakaway Donetsk and Lugansk regions Russia had previously said it would deploy troops to.

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