Russia-Ukraine war: Putin issues chilling warning to West and warns of 'consequences'
Russian president Vladimir Putin has warned of 'consequences never encountered in your history' if the West attempts to stop the invasion of Ukraine which began in the early hours of this morning
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Vladimir Putin has given a chilling warning to the West that an attempt to stop or interfere with Russia's invasion of
Ukraine would lead to "consequences never encountered in your history".
The Russian president made an early morning address declaring that a special military operation would be launched in the east of Ukraine in separatist areas.
But what immediately followed was a "wide-scale" assault on their Balkan neighbour with multiple missile attacks on the capital Kyiv as well as other cities across the country.
He said in the televised speech at 6am local time: "Whoever tries to hinder us, and even more so, to create threats to our country, to our people, should know that Russia's response will be immediate. And it will lead you to such consequences that you have never encountered in your history.
"We are ready for any development of events. All the necessary decisions have been made in this regard. I hope that I will be heard."
Putin told the Ukrainian military to lay down its weapons and go home.
"I urge you to immediately lay down your weapons and go home. All servicemen of the Ukrainian army who fulfil this demand will be able to freely leave the combat zone and return to their families," said Putin.
It led to condemnation from leaders around the world.
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