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On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a military invasion of Ukraine in a steep escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War.The campaign had been preceded by a Russian military buildup since early 2021 [1] and numerous Russian demands for security measures and legal prohibitions against Ukraine joining NATO.
Ukraine announced that it would boycott UEFA football matches involving Russian teams after the body decided to lift the ban on Russian youth teams that had been imposed following the invasion. [228] Poland, Latvia , Lithuania , England , Northern Ireland , Denmark , and Sweden also announced that it would join Ukraine in its boycott.
Ukraine announced the domestic production of analogs of Soviet-era hand grenades such as the F-1 and RGD-5. [251] Ukraine's military claimed that Russian forces used chemical weapons 447 times, against Ukrainian soldiers, during August 2024, in violation of Convention on the Prohibition of the Chemical Weapons Convention. [252]
As Russian forces make slow progress in eastern Ukraine, Ukraine's military stages a surprise cross-border attack. ... Russia's invasion began with dozens of missile strikes on cities all over ...
This timeline of the Russian invasion of Ukraine covers the period from 1 December 2023 to 31 March 2024. This period was characterized by an increased reliance on drones and missiles amid an increasing shortage of Ukrainian artillery ammunition and tanks.
The shocking invasion has seen Kyiv capture at least 1,000 square kilometers, by some estimates. ... While these maps chart Ukraine's advances, at least as well as can be understood in the fog of ...
A total of 22 missiles and 14 Shahed drones were fired, including six Kh-22 missiles and two Iskander-K missiles; according to Ukraine, 29 were intercepted including two Kh-22s, which were intercepted by the Patriot air defense system, the first time these missiles were intercepted since the start of the invasion.
Russian invasion of Ukraine Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War (outline) Map of Ukraine as of 1 December 2024 (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, 9 months, 3 weeks and 1 day) Location Ukraine, western Russia, Black Sea Status Ongoing ...