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Russian troops descend on Ukraine
Live reporting from Kyiv as Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, including coverage as missile strikes hit the capital.
Erin McLaughlin reported live from Kyiv for NBC News as Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in the early hours of February 24, 2022 — describing explosions in the capital as cruise and ballistic missile strikes were underway and broadcasting from her hotel’s parking garage during an air-raid siren. She has continued to cover the war and its consequences from Ukraine and Eastern Europe.
Why it mattered
McLaughlin was on air in Kyiv as the first cruise and ballistic missile strikes were reported in the capital — among the defining live dispatches of the invasion's opening hours.
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