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Apr 12, 2022 · Approximately 20% of Russian troops confirmed to have died in Ukraine are officers, according to a new study from the BBC's Russian service. The data shows that of 1,083 losses the BBC has been ...
- What Are The Roots of The Conflict?
- Have There Been Efforts at A Peace Deal?
- How Is The Peace Deal Faring?
- Why Have Tensions Escalated Now?
- What’s The U.S. Role?
Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union until its 1991 collapse, and since then Russia has sought to keep the neighbor in its orbit. The separatist conflict in Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland, known as the Donbas, short for Donetsk Basin, erupted in April 2014. That came a few weeks after Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula following the...
After a series of Ukraine’s military defeats, France and Germany helped broker a peace deal that was signed in February 2015 in the Belarusian capital of Minsk. The agreement was a diplomatic coup for Russia, obliging Ukraine to grant broad autonomy to the rebel regions and declare an amnesty for the rebels. It stipulated that Ukraine would regain ...
While the separatists have asked Russia to incorporate the rebel territories, Moscow has ignored the demand — apparently figuring that those eastern regions would eventually help draw Ukraine back into Russia’s orbit and thwart Kyiv’s aspirations to join NATO and the EU. Russia has granted its citizenship to more than 600,000 people in the rebel-co...
The lack of a lasting resolution to the conflict has fomented new tensions. Ukrainian authorities say cease-fire violations have become more frequent in recent weeks, with nearly 30 troops killed this year. They accused Russia of fueling tensions by deploying 41,000 troops near the border with eastern Ukraine and 42,000 to Crimea, where Russia main...
The United States has provided political, financial and military assistance to Ukraine, conducted joint military drills and regularly sent its ships into the Black Sea in a show of support. In a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, new U.S. President Joe Biden voiced concern over the Russian buildup near Ukraine and “called on Russia to de-e...
Apr 22, 2022 · Updates from BBC correspondents: Yogita Limaye, Mark Lowen, Joe Inwood, Joel Gunter and Anna Foster in Kyiv, Jonathan Beale in Donbas, Catherine Byaruhanga in Zaporizhzhia, Toby Luckhurst and Dan ...
Nov 12, 2022 · Here's the current map of control in Ukraine. This map shows the assessed Russian and Ukrainian areas of control, after Moscow's forces retreated from the western Kherson region. And here's a ...
Feb 28, 2022 · Feb 28, 2022, 11:50 AM. PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - While some Malaysians are being evacuated from Ukraine, a few of them are staying put at their homes in the country...
Apr 28, 2024 · Ukraine marks its third Easter at war as it comes under fire from Russian drones and troops. Two of these front-line villages lie less than 50 kilometers (31 miles) east of Pokrovsk, while the third is located just over 30 kilometers (19 miles) by road from Kurakhove.
Feb 25, 2022 · KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 — Russia launched a full-scale military invasion into Ukraine Thursday, after months of escalating tensions between the two nations over two contested areas in the latter’s borders, Donetsk and Luhansk. The US, the UK and the European Union have already announced sanctions against Russia, but Malaysia, like many lesser ...
