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Ukrainian media reported that Anton Kravets, founder of the Ukrainian rubber goods manufacturer Kyivguma , was arrested on suspicion of exporting tactical harnesses and bandages to Russia through Europe, some of which were used by the Russian military in Ukraine. [204] In Russia, some 300 residents were evacuated from Belgorod.
In addition to diplomatic support in its conflict with Russia, the U.S. provided Ukraine with US$1.5 billion in military aid during the 2010s. [448] In 2018 the U.S. House of Representatives passed a provision blocking any training of Azov Battalion of the Ukrainian National Guard by American forces.
A Russian Tupolev Tu-22M3 long range strategic bomber crashed in Stavropol Krai while returning to base, killing one crew member, with another missing. Ukraine claimed to have shot it down, at a range of 308 km, using an S-200 missile, according to an interview with Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, head of the HUR.
The most recent territorial enlargement of the EU was the incorporation of Mayotte in 2014. Campione d'Italia joined the EU Customs Union in 2020. The most notable territorial reductions of the EU, and its predecessors, have been the exit of Algeria upon independence in 1962, the exit of Greenland in 1985, and the withdrawal of the United ...
And the stakes are high: A Russian invasion of Ukraine could touch off the worst conflict in Europe since World War II. Biden and his aides appear to be pursuing careful, hard-headed diplomacy. It ...
Escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian war. Russian forces openly cross the Ukrainian border into territory occupied by Russian-controlled separatists on 21 February 2022. [28] Russia launches a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Parties involved in the crisis. Russia.
[80] [85] It was described as the biggest attack on a European country and the first full-scale war in Europe [86] since the Second World War. Russia launched a simultaneous ground and air attack. [87] [88] Russian missiles struck targets throughout Ukraine, [89] and Russian troops invaded from the north, east, and south. [90]
Russia avoided a full ban from the 2024 Paralympics in Paris after the International Paralympic Committee voted 74–65 with 13 abstentions against suspending its membership "for breaches of its constitutional membership obligations." [247] However, Russian athletes were only allowed to compete under a neutral flag. The body also voted against ...