Ukraine: Start of the war live

none diplomatic effort, and there have been many, has borne fruit. Finally, as the US and the EU repeatedly warned, Putin has ended up invading Ukraine. After acknowledging on Monday the independence of the self-proclaimed people’s republics of Donetsk and Luganskin the east of Ukraine, Putin sent troops to the pro-Russian region of Donbas and from there it has spread to the rest of the area. The NATO has placed on high alert hundreds of warplanes. Quickly and unanimously, the European Union, the US and the United Kingdom have responded with sanctions and the Baltic countries such as Lithuania, Estonia or Poland have criticized the Russian decision. Follow here live the latest news on the conflict.