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During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone was captured [3] on 24 February 2022, the first day of the invasion, by the Russian Armed Forces, [4] who entered Ukrainian territory from neighbouring Belarus and seized the entire area of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant by the end of that day.
The Border Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (PS FSB Rossii) (Russian: Пограничная служба Федеральной службы безопасности Российской Федерации (ПС ФСБ России)) is a branch of the Federal Security Service of Russia tasked with patrol of the Russian border.
Ukraine caught Russia — as well as its Western allies — off guard on August 6 by launching a surprise attack on the Kursk border region, grabbing around 386 miles of territory in a matter of days.
The Kursk offensive surprised both Russia and Ukraine's allies. [46] It is the most significant attack across the border since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, [54] and the first carried out primarily by Ukrainian regular forces. Earlier smaller incursions into Russia by pro-Ukrainian forces had taken place with Ukraine supporting them but ...
Ukraine’s authorities announced on 20 March last year that Russian troops had bombed an art school where about 400 people were sheltering. The city’s administration said many of those ...
On 9 June, Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, stated that the Russians captured the village of Ryzhivka in Sumy Oblast of Ukraine, located near the border, next to the Russian settlement of Tyotkino. [50] The Ukrainian State Border Guard Service and President Zelenskyy denied that the village was under Chechen control.
The Russian border service and military returned fire into Ukraine. According to the Ukrainian Border Guard Service, Russian troops fired at the Chernihiv Oblast twice on 28 April. The following day, more than 30 mortars were fired into the Sumy Oblast from the Russian settlement of Gorodishche . Explosions were reported in the Shostka Raion.
The brigade was deployed to confront the Russian incursion around the village of Lyptsi, north of Ukraine’s second-largest city, last June; the forested area has since been a pivotal battleground.