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Russian invasion of Ukraine Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War (outline) Map of Ukraine as of 28 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, 10 months and 5 days) Location Ukraine, western Russia, Black Sea Status Ongoing (list ...
Animated map of Russia's invasion of Ukraine through 5 December 2022 (click to play animation) Ukrainian soldiers killed in the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2022. The Russian invasion of Ukraine began on the morning of 24 February 2022, [246] when Putin announced a "special military operation" to "demilitarise and denazify" Ukraine.
Russo-Ukrainian War – ongoing international conflict between Russia, alongside Russian-backed separatists, and Ukraine, which began in February 2014. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity , Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine and supported pro-Russian separatists fighting the Ukrainian military in the Donbas war.
Ukraine claimed that Russian forces launched 25 Shahed drones and one Kh-59 missile. Ukrainian forces claimed to have downed 18 of the drones and the missile. [2]Ukraine said it had successfully tested domestically made electromagnetic warfare systems to protect soldiers from radar-guided weapons and drones.
The Ukrainian Defence Ministry said that 177 Ukrainian POWs had died in Russian custody since the start of the full-scale invasion, with "thousands more" at risk. [ 364 ] The Ukrainian State Bureau of Investigation arrested two officials of the Pension Fund of Ukraine from Khmelnytskyi Oblast on suspicion of illegally registering men with "non ...
A court in Odesa convicted and sentenced the Russian-installed governor of Kherson Oblast, Vladimir Saldo, in absentia to 15 year's imprisonment for treason, collaborationism, and justifying the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [502] The European Union authorized the beginning of accession talks regarding Ukraine and Moldova joining the bloc in 2024.
In April 2022, Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, referred to attacks in Russia as "karma" or payback for the Russian invasion. He said that Russian regions where fuel and weapons are stored were learning about "demilitarization", referring to one of Putin's stated goals of the invasion. [385]
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un pledged to “unconditionally support” Russia with its invasion of Ukraine during a visit by Putin to Pyongyang. [579] Russian opposition media claimed that, during 2024, Russian aircraft accidentally dropped 103 bombs on Russian soil and Russian occupied territories. [580]