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Russian invasion of Ukraine Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War (outline) Map of Ukraine as of 1 December 2024 (details): Continuously controlled by Ukraine Currently occupied or controlled by Russia Formerly occupied by Russia or Ukrainian-occupied Russian territory Date 24 February 2022 – present (2 years, 9 months and 3 weeks) Location Ukraine, western Russia, Black Sea Status Ongoing (list ...
The Russian invasion that followed was internationally condemned; many countries imposed sanctions against Russia, and sent humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine. In the face of fierce resistance, Russia abandoned an attempt to take Kyiv in early April. In August, Ukrainian forces began recapturing territories in the north-east and south.
The English Wikipedia has removed most references to these outlets. [15] In April-May 2022, the Russian authorities put several Wikipedia articles on their list of forbidden sites. The list included the articles 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Rashism, [16] several articles in Russian Wikipedia devoted to the military action and war crimes ...
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.
Ukraine announced that it would boycott UEFA football matches involving Russian teams after the body decided to lift the ban on Russian youth teams that had been imposed following the invasion. [228] Poland, Latvia , Lithuania , England , Northern Ireland , Denmark , and Sweden also announced that it would join Ukraine in its boycott.
Between the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the Russian invasion, 14 Eastern European countries were admitted to NATO. [24] Four of them share a border with Russia, and the last time a country bordering Russia joined NATO before the invasion was in 2004. [a] In 2002, Putin said Ukraine's relationship with NATO was not Russia's concern. [25]
Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that almost 700,000 Russian soldiers were fighting in Ukraine, as on 14 June. [ 559 ] The Ukrainian 68th Jaeger Brigade claimed to have destroyed an entire Russian tank company, with eight tanks destroyed and two damaged, plus eight infantry fighting vehicles and two artillery pieces destroyed in the ...
This timeline of the Russian invasion of Ukraine covers the period from 8 April 2022, when the area of heavy fighting shifted to the south and east of Ukraine, to 28 August 2022, the day before Ukraine announced the start of its Kherson counteroffensive. This timeline is a dynamic and fluid list, and as such may never satisfy criteria of ...