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Ukraine seeks to bolster its defences as Russia aims strikes in cities
MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Ukraine's biggest attack on Russian territory since the start of the war was aimed at improving Kyiv's negotiating position ahead of ...
Ukraine initially practiced a strict informational silence about the surprise Kursk operation, which has overturned the status quo of the 2 1/2-year war. But that has since changed, and this week ...
On 12 May, a civilian was killed due to the shelling. [1] On 13 May, Russia fired on a border village in the Shostka district using unguided air missiles. [10] As shelling continued, Russian forces defeated a few elements of the Ukrainian Border Guard and entered Shostka district on 16 May. [11]
The Russia–Ukraine border is the de jure international boundary between Russia and Ukraine.Over land, the border spans five Russian oblasts and five Ukrainian oblasts.Due to the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in early 2014, the de facto border between Russia and Ukraine is different from the legal border recognized by the United Nations.
By sea Ukraine borders with Romania, Turkey and Russia. To the west Romania - Ukraine border stretches from the edge of its land segment across the Black Sea over the distance of 33 km, after that it is a boundary of the Ukrainian territorial waters and the Romanian Economic Zone. The Ukrainian territorial waters include the Snake Island.
That same year, Russian-backed separatists seized control of two eastern Ukrainian provinces, sparking a war there that has simmered ever since. An estimated 13,000 people have been killed in the ...
“But we must start by recognising that returning to Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic objective. Chasing this illusionary goal will only prolong the war and cause more suffering."