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Russian invasion of Ukraine Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War (outline) Map of Ukraine as of 28 January 2025 (details): Continuously controlled by Ukraine Currently occupied or controlled by Russia Formerly occupied by Russia or Ukrainian-occupied Russian territory Date 24 February 2022 – present (2 years, 11 months, 1 week and 3 days) Location Ukraine, western Russia, Black Sea Status Ongoing ...
On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians [a] is an essay by Russian president Vladimir Putin published in Russian on Kremlin.ru website 12 July 2021. [1]The essay was published on shortly after the end of the first of two buildups of Russian forces preceding the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Putin was persuaded to invade Ukraine by a small group of his closest associates, especially Nikolai Patrushev, Yury Kovalchuk and Alexander Bortnikov. [269] According to sources close to the Kremlin, most of Putin's advisers and associates opposed the invasion, but Putin overruled them. The invasion of Ukraine had been planned for almost a ...
Putin called Russians and Ukrainians "one people" and claimed there is "no historical basis" for the "idea of Ukrainian people as a nation separate from the Russians". [368] Putin repeatedly denied Ukraine's right to exist, claiming that it was created by the Russian Bolsheviks and that it never had "real statehood". [369]
"Address concerning the events in Ukraine" (Russian: Обращение по поводу событий на Украине) was a televised address by Russian President Vladimir Putin on 21 February 2022, announcing that the Russian government would recognise the Ukrainian separatist regions of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic as independent.
On 17 March 2023, following an investigation of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russian commissioner for children's rights, alleging responsibility for the war crime of unlawful deportation and transfer of children during the Russo-Ukrainian War. [1]
The list included the articles 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Rashism, [16] several articles in Russian Wikipedia devoted to the military action and war crimes during the Russo-Ukrainian War, [17] and two sections of the Russian article about Vladimir Putin. [18]
Vladimir Putin arrived at the 14th International Biker Rally in Sevastopol, Crimea, July 24, 2010. According to Taras Kuzio, Viktor Yanukovych was the most pro-Russian and neo-Soviet [clarification needed] president to have been elected in Ukraine. [93]