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Russian invasion of Ukraine Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War (outline) Map of Ukraine as of 16 August 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, 5 months, 3 weeks and 6 days) Location Ukraine, western Russia, Black Sea Status Ongoing ...
Despite the Russian military build-ups, Russian officials from November 2021 to 20 February 2022 repeatedly denied that Russia had plans to invade Ukraine. [43] [44] The crisis was related to the War in Donbas, itself part of the Russo-Ukrainian War, ongoing since February 2014.
The European theatre of World War II was one of the two main theatres of combat [nb 22] during World War II.It saw heavy fighting across Europe for almost six years, starting with Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 and ending with the Western Allies conquering most of Western Europe, the Soviet Union conquering most of Eastern Europe including the German capital Berlin, and ...
2024 summer offensives. (1 August 2024 – present) 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 ...
A timeline of some key events: 1945-1948 — Japan’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula ends with Tokyo’s World War II defeat in 1945 but the peninsula is eventually divided into a Soviet ...
Russia captured the villages of Zhelanne and Orlivka , east of Pokrovsk. [31] [72] The Ukrainian military claimed to have shot down an Su-34 over Kursk Oblast. [73] Two medics were killed in a Russian drone strike in Bilyi Kolodiaz, Kharkiv Oblast, [74] while two others were injured in a Russian missile attack on the port of Odesa. [75]
[202] [203] Russia claimed the missiles were fired from an RM-70 multiple rocket launcher. [204] An oil refinery in Kursk Oblast was set on fire by a Ukrainian drone strike, according to local officials. [205] 23 February: The Ukrainian military shot down a Russian Beriev A-50 early warning and control aircraft over Krasnodar Krai, Russia.
This is a list of military engagements during the Russian invasion of Ukraine encompassing land, naval, and air engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines and sieges. Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations conducted over a large territory and over a long period.