Mr Putin declared the military operation on TV at 5.55 am Moscow time. Based on the reports, some minutes later the first shelling and missiles were thrown into Ukraine.
The Duke of York had vowed to fight to clear his name in court after being charged by Virginia Giuffre. Ms Giuffre became a victim who he sexually assaulted in three different circumstances when she was 17.
It came after a top Russian diplomat lifted the threat of an attack on Ukraine if Russian citizens are killed in a region of the country controlled by separatists.
One of them is Tobias Ellwood, a senior Conservative MP and former minister. He affirmed he had filed a letter to his party to initiate a vote on the PM’s future.
Mr Johnson also described the Government will “secure the possibility” of enforcing new restrictions and the Government wants people to focus on “exercising caution”.