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Approximate location of the Russian Kyiv convoy according to The Economist. One BM-21 Grad Russian military vehicle, similar to the type used in the Kyiv convoy. The Russian Kyiv convoy was a large column of Russian military vehicles stretching some 64 kilometres (40 mi) in Kyiv Oblast from Prybirsk [] to Hostomel via Ivankiv [1] involved in the Russian invasion of Ukraine beginning on 24 ...
To cover their attack on Antonov Airport, the Russian military jammed Ukrainian radars and suppressing local air defense sites. [22] The air assault was captured on video by both civilians and soldiers. Flying low, the Russian helicopters made their approach from the Dnieper River and were immediately attacked by Ukrainian small arms fire and ...
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.
STORY: The company also said the images revealed additional ground forces and ground attack helicopter units in southern Belarus, less than 20 miles north of the Ukraine border. Russia warned Kyiv ...
Russian forces quickly captured Vovchansk, before continuing south to Balakliia, Izium, and Shevchenkove in an effort to attack Kharkiv from the north and east. [15] For three days Kharkiv was the site of street fighting until Russian forces withdrew on February 28 under threat of being encircled in the city. [16] [17]
The Russian rouble was down 2.5% against the dollar and traders said the Ukrainian attack on Kursk region was one of the factors behind the currency's weakness.
Ukrainian military commander Oleksandr Syrskyi said that his forces had advanced up to 2 km (1.2 mi) in some areas and seized control of 5 km 2 (1.9 sq mi) of Russian territory. [ 175 ] 100 members of the Bear Brigade, a Russian PMC, said that they would deploy from Burkina Faso to Kursk Oblast to fight Ukrainian forces.
A Russian supply convoy in the Kharkiv region, March 2022. On 24 February, after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" in Ukraine, Russian forces crossed the Russia-Ukraine border and began advancing towards Kharkiv.