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Russian forces captured the village of Novovasylivka in Donetsk Oblast. [109] Russian forces also claimed to have taken the village of Zapadne, four kilometers west of the Oskil River in Kharkiv Oblast. [110] Russian authorities ordered the evacuation of residents from the border village of Terezovka in Belgorod Oblast amid Ukrainian attacks. [111]
On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which had started in 2014.The invasion, the largest and deadliest conflict in Europe since World War II, [15] [16] [17] has caused hundreds of thousands of military casualties and tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilian casualties.
Animated map of Russia's invasion of Ukraine through 5 December 2022 (click to play animation) Ukrainian soldiers killed in the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2022. The Russian invasion of Ukraine began on the morning of 24 February 2022, [229] when Putin announced a "special military operation" to "demilitarise and denazify" Ukraine.
Russia claimed to have shot down 158 drones over Moscow, Tver, Voronezh, Tula, Kaluga, Bryansk, Belgorod, Lipetsk, and Kursk Oblasts following a massive drone attack by Ukraine. [203] Fires were started at the Moscow Refinery , which is owned by Gazprom Neft , and Konakovo Power Station in Tver Oblast, one of central Russia's biggest power plants.
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 ...
A former SBU agent who defected to Russia shortly before the 2022 invasion was injured in a car bombing in Moscow. [97] Russia and Ukraine conducted an exchange of war dead, with 99 Ukrainians being exchanged for 23 Russians. [98]
Timeline of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (12 November 2022 – 7 June 2023) Timeline of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (8 June 2023 – 31 August 2023) Timeline of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (1 September – 30 November 2023) Timeline of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (1 December 2023 – 31 March 2024) Timeline of the Russian ...
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]