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In March and April 2021, prior to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces began massing thousands of personnel and military equipment near Russia's border with Ukraine and in Crimea, representing the largest mobilisation since the illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014.
There was a large Russian military build-up near the Ukraine border in March and April 2021, [72] and again in both Russia and Belarus from October 2021 onward. [73] Members of the Russian government, including Putin, repeatedly denied having plans to invade or attack Ukraine, with denials being issued up to the day before the invasion.
Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia annexed Ukrainian Crimea and supported pro-Russian separatists fighting the Ukrainian military in the Donbas war. The first eight years of conflict also included naval incidents, cyberwarfare, and heightened political tensions.
Monday marks three years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, 2022. Alicja Hagopian and Tom Watling report on the many costs of Putin’s war
Ukraine witnessed 1,800 Russian attacks last month with more than 900 clashes seen between Ukrainian border guards and Russian forces, spokesperson for the state border guard service of Ukraine said.
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, [236] when Putin announced a "special military operation" to "demilitarise and denazify" Ukraine.
11 November – The United States reports an unusual movement of Russian troops near the borders of Ukraine. [2] By 20 November 2021, Ukraine had reported a build-up of 92,000 Russian troops. [3] 7 December – US President Joe Biden warns President of Russia Vladimir Putin of "strong economic and other measures" if Russia attacks Ukraine. [2]
In 2021, a spike in ceasefire violations in the east and a Russian troop concentration near Ukraine fuelled fears that a new war was about to erupt but tensions abated when Moscow pulled back the ...