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The annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014 and subsequent war in the Donbas marked the start of the Russo-Ukrainian War, leading to diplomatic fallout and the imposition of economic sanctions by Western nations. [1] In 2021, Russia significantly increased its military presence along its border with Ukraine, massing about 100,000 troops by ...
At the same time, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby confirmed that the United States continued to observe "unusual military activity" by Russia near the Russo-Ukrainian border. [456] U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed reports of "Russian military activity" in the area with Le Drian. [457]
Russian-installed officials in Luhansk claimed that a Ukrainian missile strike caused a fire in a machine repair and storage facility used by the Russian military. [18] Ukrainian authorities ordered the evacuation of 744 children and their families from four frontline settlements in Donetsk Oblast due to Russian attacks. [19]
[18] [19] During the first months of 2024, reports appeared that the Russian army was rebuilding its forces in the north to launch a new offensive in the direction of Kharkiv later that year. [20] [21] [22] On 8 May 2024, the governor of Kharkiv Oblast, Oleh Syniehubov, reported a large gathering of Russian forces north of the region.
KYIV (Reuters) -At least 50 people were killed and 271 wounded when Russia hit a military institute in Ukraine's central town of Poltava with two ballistic missiles on Tuesday, the war's deadliest ...
In Kharkiv, the Russian military carried out more than 15 strikes on energy infrastructure facilities with S-300/Kh-22 missiles, according to the head of the regional military administration Oleh Syniehubov. The city was almost completely left without electricity and water supply. [1]
The Pokrovsk offensive is an ongoing military operation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Armed Forces with the primary goal of capturing the strategic cities of Pokrovsk and Kurakhove in western Donetsk Oblast.
On 4 March 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a bill introducing prison sentences of up to 15 years for spreading "fake news" about Russia's military operation in Ukraine; [15] thousands of Russians have been prosecuted under this law for criticizing the war in Ukraine, [16] including opposition politician Ilya Yashin and ...