Russian forces have entered Ukraine by land, air and sea as explosions are heard across the country and roads are deadlocked with traffic of people trying to flee
* An unnamed Pentagon official warned this could be the bloodiest conflict in Europe since World War II
* Putin has disparaged Ukraine's current government as 'Nazis' and referred to the country as a 'colony'
* President Zelensky, who is Jewish, said Putin was attempting to build a new 'Iron Curtain' across Europe
* Meanwhile a Kiev official confirmed to Reuters that Russians have taken the Chernobyl exclusion zone
* Foreign intelligence services have reported heavy casualties on both sides of the fighting so far
* Moscow's troops are entering Ukraine by land, air and sea after Putin personally ordered them in
Russian President Vladimir Putin is aiming to 'decapitate' the current Ukrainian government and install one more favorable to Moscow, a grim prediction from the US Defense Department read on Thursday.
Two waves of Moscow's soldiers are headed for Kiev after entering Ukraine through Belarus in the north and from the south via Crimea, according to the New York Times.
A third wave detected from the Pentagon could be heading to another part of the country, hours after Putin personally gave the green light for his forces to move in.
Their movements are the 'initial phase of a large-scale invasion,' a Pentagon official told the outlet.
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WNU Editor: I agree with the Pentagon's assessment.
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