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On 5 February 2022, two anonymous U.S. officials reported that Russia had assembled 83 battalion tactical groups, estimated to be 70 percent of its combat capabilities, for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and predicted that a hypothetical invasion would result in 8,000 to 35,000 military casualties and 25,000 to 50,000 civilian casualties.
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]
On 25 June 2024 Ukraine handed over a UOC priest to Russia in a prisoner exchange. [122] The priest had been sentenced to 5 years in prison "for justifying Russian armed aggression." [ 122 ] On 26 June 2024 this priest, Metropolitan Ionafan, was met by the head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill of Moscow who awarded Ionafan with ...
Russia and Ukraine conducted an exchange of war dead, with 99 Ukrainians being exchanged for 23 Russians. [98] The HUR said that Russia had transferred 2,000 personnel from its Pacific Fleet and 400 personnel from the Russian Air Force's 11th Air and Air Defence Forces Army, in addition to halting the deployment of soldiers to Syria on rotation ...
The Ukraine defence ministry posted a video containing as a caption the words, "Plans love silence. There will be no announcement of the beginning." [3] [94] The Institute for the Study of War (ISW), an American think tank and war observer, reported that Ukraine had launched "wider counteroffensive operations" beginning 4 June. [2]
(Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy issued a decree on Thursday providing for conscripts serving in the two-year-old war against Russia to be discharged into Ukraine's reserves within the ...
The current Dalai Lama expressed “anguish” over the bloodshed in Ukraine, saying that “war is outdated” and calling for a quick return to peace. [ 69 ] Khambo Lama Damba Ayusheev , the head of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia (BTSR), the largest Buddhists denomination in Russia, voiced support for the Russian invasion of ...
Ukraine said that it had launched a counter-attack against Russian forces near Izium. [129] [130] NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana said that the Russian invasion was "losing momentum" and that "Ukraine could win this war". [131] The UK MoD said that Russia had likely lost one-third of its forces deployed since February. [132]