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11 November – The United States reports an unusual movement of Russian troops near the borders of Ukraine. [2] By 20 November 2021, Ukraine had reported a build-up of 92,000 Russian troops. [3] 7 December – US President Joe Biden warns President of Russia Vladimir Putin of "strong economic and other measures" if Russia attacks Ukraine. [2]
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russian authorities and armed forces have committed multiple war crimes in the form of deliberate attacks against civilian targets, [277] [278] massacres of civilians, torture and rape of women and children, [279] [280] and many indiscriminate attacks [281] [282] in densely ...
Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia annexed Ukrainian Crimea and supported pro-Russian separatists fighting the Ukrainian military in the Donbas war. The first eight years of conflict also included naval incidents, cyberwarfare, and heightened political tensions. In February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine imposed sanctions on nine companies linked to Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman for providing support to the Russian war effort in Ukraine. [493] An American court indicted seven individuals and three firms based in the US, Russia, Canada, and the United Arab Emirates for exporting US-made dual-use technologies to Russia.
As the third year of war in Ukraine nears a close as the new year approaches and ahead of the Feb. 24, 2025, anniversary date, new battle lines have once again been established after Russia made ...
Ukrainian War of Independence (1917–1921) First Soviet invasion of Ukraine Battle of Kruty Battle of Kiev (1918) Russian SFSR: 1918 Initial fighting in the war (Ukrainian–Soviet War) lasted from January to June 1918, ending with the Central Powers' intervention. [1]: 350, 403 Central Powers intervention in Ukraine Germany Austria-Hungary
In 2021, a spike in ceasefire violations in the east and a Russian troop concentration near Ukraine fuelled fears that a new war was about to erupt but tensions abated when Moscow pulled back the ...
Lithuania announced 4,500 drones would be sent to Ukraine. [67] Reuters, citing unnamed industry sources, reported that the Pokrovs'ke coal mine had halted production due to the approaching front line. The mine was Ukraine's sole coking coal-producing facility, from which 3.5 million tons of coke were produced in 2023. [68]