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The Makiivka surrender incident happened during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 in the village of Makiivka, Luhansk Oblast. Videos depicted what appeared to be at least ten Russian soldiers surrendering to four Ukrainian soldiers in Makiivka. [1] Russian soldiers exited an outhouse one by one and laid facedown on the ground. [1]
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russian authorities and armed forces have committed multiple war crimes in the form of deliberate attacks against civilian targets, [294] [295] massacres of civilians, torture and rape of women and children, [296] [297] and many indiscriminate attacks [298] [299] in
Hypothetical initial responses included: increased sanctions, a conventional assault on Russian forces in Ukraine, a nuclear attack on Russian forces in Ukraine, or a nuclear attack on Belarus. Their analysis added that, even if Russia used a nuclear weapon, "the likelihood is still no" that it would lead to a full nuclear war. [103]
Casualties in the Russo-Ukrainian War include six deaths during the 2014 annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, 14,200–14,400 military and civilian deaths during the War in Donbas, [1] and up to 1,000,000 estimated casualties during the Russian invasion of Ukraine till mid-September 2024.
The Kursk offensive surprised both Russia and Ukraine's allies. [41] It is the most significant attack across the border since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, [51] 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 ...
The explosions took place amid Russian mass missile and drone attacks against Ukraine, including Russia's largest-ever wave of attacks against Ukraine and an emergency meeting at the UN Security Council [11] on 29 December 2023, further strikes on Kharkiv on 30 December, and another wave of Russian strikes and the Russian accidental bombing of a village in Voronezh Oblast [12] on 2 January 2024.
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.
Zelenskyy maintained that "Russia must be forced to make peace", adding that Ukrainian troops were helping to protect Ukraine by capturing areas from where Russia had launched numerous strikes. [396] Ukrainian foreign ministry spokesman Georgiy Tykhy said that "unlike Russia", Ukraine is not interested in taking the territory of its neighbor.