Feb 24, 2023 · Russia Begins Invasion of Ukraine. Prior to the invasion, Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized the Russian-backed breakaway regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, both located in the...
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Feb 24, 2022 · Russia has launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, leaving millions of people fearing for their futures. As the first day of this assault nears its end, the enormity of what this could...
Mar 1, 2022 · Why is Ukraine so vulnerable? Though given money and arms by the West, Ukraine is not actually a NATO member, and so cannot count on the direct military support of the United States and its...
In late 2021, military analysts helped draw the world’s attention to a concerning picture developing on Ukraine’s borders: Russia was massingthousands of troops around its neighbor. A similar buildup, although on a smaller scale, first unnerved the world in April. Moscow withdrewafter weeks of tensions. But as the Russian military buildup intensifi...
A significant spike in shelling in eastern Ukraine, where Moscow-backed separatists had been fighting Ukrainian forces since 2014in a conflict that cost an estimated 14,000 lives, intensified concerns that the Kremlin was trying to create a pretext for an attack. The industrial region of Donbas, internationally recognized as Ukrainian but partly co...
Russia and Ukraine have been linked by a common history since the ninth century, when Kyiv became the capital of the ancient state of Rus. They also have closely related languages, with many people in the two countries sharing strong family ties. In the early 20th century, the two nations and nearby Belarus formed the Slav core of the communist Sov...
The Kremlin’s official line amid the standoff centered on Putin’s demandsfor security guarantees that would include a stop to NATO’s expansion eastward and giving Russia a formal veto on Ukraine ever joining the military alliance. It also said it wanted NATO to roll back its military deployments in the region. The demands would significantly redr...
Experts and military analysts have been speculating for months on whether Putin intends to engage in a full-blown war with Ukraine. Now that he’s launched his invasion, the lingering question is, where will he stop? Some observers and U.S. defense officials have suggested Putin might go further and try to remove the current democratically elected p...
Feb 24, 2022 · Russia’s multi-pronged invasion of Ukraine has thrust the country into a conflict that many on the European continent had thought was one for the history books.
Aug 13, 2024 · CNN — A week into Ukraine’s surprise cross-border incursion into Russia, it’s becoming increasingly clear that Moscow does not have the situation under control. Tens of thousands of Russians...
On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which started in 2014. The invasion, the largest conflict in Europe since World War II, [13][14][15] has caused hundreds of thousands of military casualties and tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilian casualties. As of 2024, Russian troops occupy about ...
