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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]
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.
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]
The first was a naval exercise on the Black Sea, [244] which was protested by Ukraine as it resulted in Russia blocking naval routes in the Kerch Strait, the Sea of Azov, and the Black Sea. [ 245 ] [ 246 ] The second consisted of a joint military exercise between Belarus and Russia held in regions close to the Belarusian–Ukrainian border ...
Ukraine marks six months on Wednesday since Russia invaded the country in what Russian President Vladimir Putin calls a "special military operation". Ukraine and its Western backers accuse Moscow ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Institute for the Study of War assessed that some 70 Ukrainian prisoners of war had been recruited by Russian forces to fight against Ukraine. [428] Russian state media reported that the Bohdan Khmelnytsky Battalion formed in February 2023 from Ukrainian POWs had joined a Russian military unit and would be deployed to the front after taking ...