By Sruthi Shankar and Shashank Nayar (Reuters) -European stocks dived to nine-month lows on Thursday, with banks and automakers bearing the brunt of the selloff, after Russia launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine. The pan-European STOXX 600 index tumbled 3.3% to its lowest since May 2021, marking a correction, or 10% drop, from its record high in January. Investors globally rushed to the relative safety of gold and government bonds and dumped equities after Russian forces invaded Ukraine by land, air and sea in the biggest attack by one state against another in Europe since World War Two. U….