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Russian invasion of Ukraine Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War (outline) Map of Ukraine as of 6 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, 10 months and 4 weeks) Location Ukraine, western Russia, Black Sea Status Ongoing (list ...
The Russian invasion that followed was internationally condemned; many countries imposed sanctions against Russia, and sent humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine. In the face of fierce resistance, Russia abandoned an attempt to take Kyiv in early April. In August, Ukrainian forces began recapturing territories in the north-east and south.
On conducting a special military operation" (Russian: О проведении специальной военной операции, romanized: O provedenii spetsialʹnoy voyennoy operatsii) was a televised broadcast by Russian president Vladimir Putin on 24 February 2022, announcing the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces repulsed attacks in two of these directions. The Russian Defense ministry said that at 09:00 Moscow Time , Ukrainian forces started attacking from their bases in Sudzha towards the villages of Berdin and Bolshoye Soldatskoye consisting of two tanks, one counter-obstacle vehicle, and 12 armoured ...
Major General Pavel Klimenko, the commander of the Russian army's 5th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade based in Donetsk Oblast, was killed while fighting in Ukraine, becoming the eighth Russian general to be killed in action since the full scale invasion started. [538] [539] Russian forces claimed to have captured Novodmytrivka in southern Donetsk ...
It is the most significant attack across the border since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, [54] and the first carried out primarily by Ukrainian regular forces. Earlier smaller incursions into Russia by pro-Ukrainian forces had taken place with Ukraine supporting them but denying explicit involvement.
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed to have destroyed three Tochka-U missiles over the region and thwarted a drone attack on Moscow. [159] 10 October: A couple was reportedly killed by Ukrainian shelling in Popovka, Belgorod Oblast. [160] A Russian conscript was killed while five other soldiers were wounded in an attack in Gudovka, Bryansk ...
The following day Russian and LPR forces declared full control of the entire Luhansk region. [159] On 4 July, The Guardian reported that after the capture of the Luhansk oblast, that Russian invasion troops would continue their invasion into the adjacent Donetsk oblast to attack the cities of Sloviansk and Bakhmut.