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JUST IN - Putin announces in a televised speech the start of a military operation against #Ukraine and declares that Russia aims to demilitarize the neighboring country.
Calls on the Ukrainian military to "immediately lay down its arms."
Putin warns any foreign attempt to interfere with Russian action would lead to "consequences they have never seen."