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On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which had started in 2014.The invasion, the largest and deadliest conflict in Europe since World War II, [15] [16] [17] has caused hundreds of thousands of military casualties and tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilian casualties.
Residential building in Hlevakha (Kyiv Oblast) after the attack. Three people were killed in Russian drone strikes on Kyiv Oblast. [118] Ukraine launched 121 drones over thirteen regions in Russia, which the latter claimed to have destroyed, including six in Moscow Oblast and one over Moscow city. Vnukovo and Domodedovo airports were closed.
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.
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 .
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The Russian occupation of Kyiv Oblast was a military occupation that began on the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. The capital, Kyiv, was extensively bombed during the invasion, but was never captured. However, many cities were captured near northern and western parts of the oblast.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was initially predicted to be a days-long siege, but Ukraine prevailed. Nearly a year later, Ukraine’s resistance poses an uncomfortable question: Now what?
The defenses consist of an extensive network of trenches, artillery positions, antipersonnel and anti-vehicle mines, razor wire, earthen berms, and dragon’s teeth—to hinder the movement of main battle tanks and mechanized infantry. [1] The fortifications aim to slow Ukrainian advances and channel them into favorable areas for Russia.