CNN has video of Russian tanks crossing into Ukraine from Belarus

U.S. officials predicted that as soon as the sun rose on Ukraine Thursday morning, Russian missile strikes would be followed by a full-scale ground invasion. CNN appears to have video evidence to back that up. At about 6:48 a.m. local time, CNN reported, tanks rolled across the border from Belarus at Senkivka. About an hour earlier, CNN said Russian troops had landed at the southern Ukrainian port of Odessa.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.