In a move that could signal the beginning of a new Euro/American war, that has been 8 years in the making, hostilities between America and its European allies has reached a crisis point not recently seen after Russian President, Vladimir Putin ordered what he termed as a “special military operation” into Ukraine. Defying calls from western countries for restraint, Putin had previously gone ahead to recognize the two Ukrainian separatist regions of the “People’s Republics” of Donetsk and Luhansk.

The late night attacks early Thursday morning in Ukraine came after Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation saying that it was “to protect” the Russian speaking separatist Donbas region. There are reports across both social and mainstream media of explosions in cities across Ukraine including the capital Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odessa, and Kramatorsk.

Stocks plunged further with the Dow losing a further 500 points after the announcement.

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Biden responded with a statement of support, saying that “the prayers of the entire world are with the people of Ukraine”. Biden also stated that he had spoken with Ukrainian President Zelensky adding that “I condemned this unprovoked and unjustified attack by Russian military forces. I briefed him on the steps we are taking to rally international condemnation, including tonight at the United Nations Security Council,” Mr. Biden said in the statement.

It is worth remembering however that current Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky came into power after a coup against the previous arguably neutral but reported as a pro-Russian administration of Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych on February 20th 2014. It is worth noting that this coincides exactly 8 years to the day that Vladimir Putin chose to announce his recognition of the two Independent states of the Donbas region, followed by the Thursday February 24th incursion into Ukraine.