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Mar 7, 2014 · Russia has strong fraternal ties with Ukraine dating back to the ninth century and the founding of Kievan Rus, the first eastern Slavic state, whose capital was Kiev.
Kievan Rus', [a] [b] also known as Kyivan Rus ', [c] [7] [8] was a state and later an amalgam of principalities [9] in Eastern and Northern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century. [10] The name was coined by Russian historians in the 19th century. Encompassing a variety of polities and peoples, including East Slavic, Norse, [11] [12 ...
Feb 24, 2022 · 24 February 2022. War in Ukraine. Watch: Kyiv residents explain why they're fleeing the Ukrainian capital. Russia has begun a large-scale military attack on Ukraine, its southern neighbour, on...
Mar 2, 2022 · What Happened on Day 6 of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine. Explosions struck the capital, Kyiv, and an apparent rocket strike destroyed an administration building in Kharkiv, the second...
Feb 24, 2023 · BBC News. When Vladimir Putin sent up to 200,000 soldiers into Ukraine on 24 February 2022, he wrongly assumed he could sweep into the capital, Kyiv, in a matter of days and depose the...
Feb 10, 2023 · Russia, wary of the growing Ukrainian arsenal of Western-supplied weapons, is moving first. Using tens of thousands of new conscripts in the hope of overwhelming Ukraine, its forces are...
Mar 2, 2022 · Key target: Kyiv’s iconic TV tower. Justin Yau/Sipa USA/Alamy Stock Photo. Ukraine war: what are Russia’s strategic aims and how effectively are they achieving them? Published: March 2,...
