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00:00Local 4 News starts now with a breaking news alert.
00:03And that breaking news is happening overseas with Russian President Vladimir Putin announcing
00:08late tonight a military operation is now underway in Ukraine.
00:12Take your live pictures now from the Ukrainian capital of Kiev,
00:15where journalists are reporting explosions in the area just after 6 a.m. Thursday morning there.
00:22The last update from the Pentagon estimated 150,000 Russian troops have been stationed
00:27along the border. President Biden has already denounced the attack.
00:31Let's get to Alice Barr following the latest from Washington tonight. Alice.
00:36Tonight, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordering a military operation in eastern Ukraine.
00:42Explosions heard in Kiev, Ukraine's capital city.
00:46New satellite images showing Russian equipment and a field hospital close to the Ukraine border.
00:52Ukraine's president imposing a national state of emergency tonight
00:56and appealing directly to the Russian people in a bid to avoid war.
01:00For the second time this week, the United Nations Security Council holding an emergency meeting
01:06after the Kremlin said Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine
01:10had appealed for military help in what could be a pretext for a broader invasion.
01:17NBC News correspondent Richard Engel witnessing firsthand the attacks coming into Ukraine
01:23from separatist regions where Russian President Vladimir Putin already deployed troops.
01:30The Biden administration leveling new sanctions against the Russian company
01:34behind the lucrative natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany.
01:39The Germany announced yesterday it was halting.
01:42That's on top of sanctions President Biden already laid out
01:45against two large Russian banks and elites.
01:48Amid bipartisan calls for tougher measures,
01:51Vice President Kamala Harris defending the response.
01:55If Russia goes further, we will impose more costs.
02:00Despite global pressure, President Putin moving ahead tonight,
02:04declaring Russia's security interests unconditional.
02:08Alice Barr, Local 4.
02:10Now, President Biden releasing a statement as well tonight, reading in part,
02:13President Putin has chosen a premeditated war that will bring a catastrophic loss of life
02:19and human suffering.
02:20Russia alone is responsible, and the United States and its allies and partners
02:25will respond in a united and decisive way.
02:28The world will hold Russia accountable.
02:31We'll be following the developments in Ukraine throughout the night,
02:34and at clickondetroit.com.
02:35Full reports from the region, of course, coming up on Local 4 News today,
02:38beginning at 4.30 a.m.
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