UN Security Council prepares to meet as explosions are heard in Ukrainian city of Mariupol: comes after US Secretary of State said invasion would happen TONIGHT
- Explosions could be heard in the early hours of Thursday morning across the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, on the frontlines of the contested Donetsk territory
- In Mykolaiv, 400 miles to the east of Mariupol, residents reported sounds of fierce exchanges of gunfire
- Flights over Ukrainian airspace appeared to have been suspended with an El Al plane from Tel Aviv to Toronto turning back when it entered the territory
- Russian military leaders have gone to their command center, and cyber attacks are underway, according to a U.S. official
- An emergency meeting of the UN Security will be held at 9:30pm in New York
Explosions were reported in the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol in the early hours of Thursday, as the U.S. Secretary of State said that he believed a Russian invasion would take place tonight, and the United Nations Security Council is holding an emergency meeting.
Antonio Guterres, the Secretary General of the United Nations, urged Vladimir Putin to ‘stop his tanks invading Ukraine’.
Ukrainian authorities on Wednesday night reported widespread cyber attacks on government institutions.
The United Nations Security Council is holding an emergency meeting on Wednesday night
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