Smoke billows over the town of Hostomel in northwest Kyiv in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 when Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine which left dozens of people dead. PHOTO | AFP
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What you need to know:
The blasts in Kyiv set off a second day of violence after Russian President Vladimir Putin unleashed a full-scale ground invasion and air assault.
The United States and its allies responded with a barrage of sanctions.
Demonstrators took to the streets of European capitals to condemn the Kremlin but a small anti-war protest in Moscow was quickly halted by police, with over 1,700 people detained at rallies across Russia.
The first Ukraine refugees have begun to trickle into Hungary, Romania and Poland while the UN said 100,000 had been displaced by the fighting.
