Even as the UN Security Council was holding an emergency meeting on the Ukraine-Russia crisis, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine on Thursday.
"I have made the decision of a military operation," Putin said in the televised announcement and asked Ukrainian soldiers to lay down their arms. He claimed the Ukrainian government was overseeing a "genocide" in the eastern regions of the country. Reports suggest that there are 150,000 and 200,000 Russian troops along the borders of Ukraine. This comes days after Putin recognised the two regions – Donetsk and Luhansk – as independent regions.
Here's all you need to know about the crisis.
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