'It's an incredibly dramatic, escalatory, aggressive move.' Sky's DiMagnaySky reacts to Vladimir Putin's order to put Russia's nuclear deterrence forces on high alert. Live updates: 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YT
'Hundreds' of Russian troops taken prisoner - Ukrainian foreign minister
This marks one of the most significant shifts in European security policy in decades, brought on by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Mr Putin's move will heighten fears across the West that Russian forces could use nuclear weapons in the conflict with Ukraine.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed that negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow will now be held at the Belarusian-Ukrainian border.
Mr Putin said leading NATO powers had made"aggressive statements" after he sent thousands of Russian troops into Ukraine on Thursday. "This is the first time that we've ever had a situation, in Putin's reign at least, where he has put his nuclear forces ready essentially for combat duty, on high alert," she said.As has been ongoing since Thursday, demonstrations are also taking place in Moscow and St Petersburg this afternoon.
We've been reporting throughout today as Ukrainians continue to flee their homes, with the United Nations confirming at least 368,000 are displaced.
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