Russian forces have unleashed an attack on Ukraine on the orders of Vladimir Putin, who announced a “special military operation” at dawn, amid warnings from world leaders that it could spark the biggest war in Europe since 1945. Tanya Kozyreva, an Investigative Journalist based in Kyiv joined Pat on the show with the latest.

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