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The northern Ukraine campaign was a theater of operation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.It involved attacks by Russia across the Russo-Ukrainian and Belarusian–Ukrainian borders, beginning on 24 February 2022, for control of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, and the surrounding areas of Kyiv Oblast and northern regions Zhytomyr Oblast, Sumy Oblast, and Chernihiv Oblast.
The battle of Antonov Airport, also known as the battle of Hostomel Airport, was a military engagement which occurred at the Antonov Airport in Hostomel, Kyiv Oblast, during the Kyiv offensive of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On 24 February 2022, a few hours after the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin announced the beginning of a "special ...
An estimated 20,000 Russian forces amassed in Belgorod crossed the border on 24 February and began advancing towards Kharkiv. [45] [52] Ukraine's 92nd Brigade clashed with them across a 100-kilometer front. [52] Part of the body of forces broke off towards Vovchansk, capturing the city after a short battle and heading south towards Izium ...
At about 4 a.m. Moscow time on 24 February 2022, President Putin announced the beginning of a "special military operation" in the Donbas region. [441] [442] [443] Shortly after, reports of big explosions came from multiple cities in central and eastern Ukraine, including Kyiv and Kharkiv.
On 1 April 2022, Oleksandr Pavlyuk, the head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration, claimed that Russian forces had left Hostomel. [54] On 2 April 2022, the whole of Kyiv Oblast, where Hostomel is located in, was declared free of Russian Military by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense after Russian troops had left the area. [55]
23 February: Ukraine started drafting reservists aged 18–60 after the president's order. [37] 24 February: Russia invades Ukraine with bombings and troops crossing borders. [38] [39] [40] By noon several targets in different locations had been bombed, civilians and military personnel/hardware from both sides were killed and injured. [41]
Russian Aerospace Forces helicopters in a field during the invasion, March 2022. During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, aerial warfare took place as early as the dawn of 24 February 2022, [1] with Russian infantry and armored divisions entering into Eastern Ukraine with air support. Dozens of missile attacks were reported across Ukraine.
"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.