Russian state media and war bloggers are reporting that Russian forces have seized the first village in the Ukraine region of Dnipro-Petrovsk. Global affairs analyst Michael Bociurkuw has labelled Russia's assault "air armageddon" as NATO scrambles its fighter jets. #ABCTheWorld #ABCAsiaPacific

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