Key developments on March 31: * Zelensky, EU leaders visit Bucha one year after its liberation from Russian occupation * UN human rights chief: 8,400 civilian deaths in Ukraine 'just the tip of the iceberg' * Ukrainian military repels 30 Russian attacks in Donetsk Oblast, says General Staff On March 31, President
Key developments on March 30: * Top US General: Six thousand Wagner mercenaries fighting in Bakhmut * Russia to chair UN Security Council in April * Ukraine repels 47 Russian attacks in the east * Von der Leyen: China's stance on Russia's war in Ukraine to shape its relations with EU. There are about
Key developments on March 29: * Ukrainian counteroffensive to take place in several areas in spring, says defense minister * Russian forces achieve ‘partial success’ in Bakhmut, General Staff reports * Moscow stopped informing US about its nuclear activities, including missile test launches * Russia announces exercises with the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile system
Key developments on March 28: * Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast "is being wiped off the face of the earth," official says * Ukrainian military repels 24 Russian attacks in the east * Zelensky travels to Okhtyrka in Sumy Oblast, marking the one-year anniversary of its liberation * Portugal delivers Leopard tanks to Ukraine. Up
Key developments on March 27: * Russian missile strike on Sloviansk in Donetsk Oblast kills 2, injures 32 * Zelensky meets with UN nuclear watchdog chief in Zaporizhzhia * Fierce battles ongoing for three cities in Donetsk Oblast * Ukraine considering every option in Bakhmut, will 'act adequately,' military commander says * Der Spiegel:
Key developments on March 26: * EU, NATO denounce Putin's threat to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus * Ukraine calls for emergency UN Security Council meeting * US sees no signs Russia moved nuclear weapons to Belarus * Military: Vuhledar ‘completely razed to the ground,' battle for Bakhmut continues On March 26,
Key developments on March 24: * Ukraine retrieves bodies of 83 soldiers killed in combat * At least 10 civilians killed, 20 wounded due to Russian attacks on Ukraine on March 24 * Ukraine repelled 38 Russian attacks over the past day, says General Staff. Colonel Oleksii Dmytrashkivskyi, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian
Key developments on March 23: * Slovakia transfers first MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine * Zelensky visits Kherson Oblast, pledges to restore region * Russia loses momentum in Bakhmut, Ukraine's counterstrike coming soon, military says * Sweden approves $600 million in military aid to Ukraine Slovakia delivered four of the 13 promised MiG-29 jets
Key developments on March 22: * Russian missiles hit two residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia * Zelensky visits soldiers on front line near Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast * Next few weeks of the war are 'critical,' says White House. Russian missile attack on two residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia, a city in southeastern Ukraine,
Key developments on March 3: * Pentagon announces new military aid package for Ukraine * CNN reports Russian hit on vital bridge to Bakhmut as Wagner Group leader claims city is 'practically surrounded' * Ukraine's General Staff says Battle for Bakhmut continues * Ukraine's Ground Forces Commander comes to Bakhmut * Air Force says it
Just days before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine last February, China’s leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a “friendship without limits,” agreeing there would be no “forbidden areas of cooperation.” Unsurprisingly then, Beijing did not condemn Russia’s all-out war against Ukraine that began on
Key developments on March 1: * Belarusian dictator Lukashenko visits China, calls for ceasefire in Ukraine * Russia strikes civilian, critical infrastructure in Poltava Oblast * Russia launches 3 missile strikes on Kharkiv Oblast, injuring civilians * Blinken says 'zero evidence' Putin is ready for peace talks * US extends sanctions against Russia until the
Key developments on Feb. 28: * General Staff: Russian forces trying to create conditions for offensive in southern Ukraine * Western-made parts are used in Russian weapons involved in war crimes, report reveals * Russia attacks Kherson Oblast, killing 4 and injuring 5 people * Putin signs law suspending major nuclear treaty with U.
Key developments on Feb. 27: * US Treasury Secretary meets Zelensky, Shmyhal in Kyiv * Russia's war caused 'the most massive violations of human rights,' says UN chief * UN-backed commission to track down Ukrainian children taken to Russia illegally * Ukraine downs 11 drones overnight on Feb. 27 * Russia still wants to
Ukraine has come a long way since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022. From the Russian occupation of nearly 30% of Ukraine’s territory in February to Russia’s humiliating defeats in the north and the south, from the West’s hesitation about providing weapons
Key developments on Feb. 22: * Russian attack on Kherson Oblast kills two; * Parts of Ukraine will heighten security ahead of Feb. 24; * Spain will give 6 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. * China's top diplomat visits Moscow, meets with Putin Ukrainian authorities announced that parts of the country would strengthen security
Key developments on Feb. 21: * Biden says Putin's "murderous assault" in Ukraine will never end with victory for Russia; * Russia suspends participation in nuclear treaty with US, Putin says; * 6 killed, 12 injured in Russian shelling of Kherson as Putin delivered his speech. Ahead of the one-year anniversary of Russia's
Key developments on Feb. 20: * Biden meets Zelensky in Kyiv on EuroMaidan bloodshed anniversary; * As Biden visits Kyiv, China's top diplomat heads to Moscow; * Pentagon announces $460 million military aid package for Ukraine. Just days before the one-year anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, U.S. President Joe Biden
Key developments on Feb. 17: * NATO, EU, Ukraine to hold first trilateral meeting on Feb. 21 * Nuland: US supports Ukraine striking targets in Russian-occupied Crimea * Minister: Russian sabotage of Kakhovka Reservoir may leave 1 million Ukrainians without water In his address to the attendees of the Munich Security Conference, President
Key developments on Feb. 16: * Russia launched 32 missiles in Feb. 16 strike on Ukraine; * The attack didn't cause energy shortage, according to Ukrenergo; * European Parliament urges EU countries to consider giving fighter jets to Ukraine; * 101 prisoners of war return to Ukraine in major swap. On Feb. 16, Russia
Key developments on Feb. 15: * Moscow's strike on residential building injures at least 12 in Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast; * Intelligence: Russia tries to delay Ukraine's counteroffensive with assaults in the east; * Wallace: 97% of the Russian army is in Ukraine; * Stoltenberg: NATO countries to increase support for Ukraine. NATO members made
Key developments on Feb. 14: * No news on fighter jets for Ukraine after Ramstein, US says; * Pentagon head says allies to help Ukraine launch counteroffensive in spring; * Norway will donate 8 Leopard 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine; Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Kremlin-controlled Wagner Group, whose mercenaries, along
Key developments on Feb. 13: * Russia has already started new offensive in Ukraine, says Stoltenberg * Moscow's attacks on liberated Kherson kill 4 people * Russia strengthens its defenses in Zaporizhzhia Oblast despite focus on Donbas, UK defense ministry reports. On Feb. 13, Ukraine denied Russia's earlier claim that it had seized
Key developments on Feb. 10: * Ukraine's Air Force insists Russian missiles entered Romanian airspace. * Air defense downs 61 out of 71 missiles launched on Feb. 10. * The mass strike hits energy infrastructure in 6 oblasts. Russia unleashed its 14th mass missile strike targeting Ukraine's critical infrastructure on the morning of
Viktoria Vozna, 25, had always enjoyed her quiet life in native Brovary, a city just east of Kyiv, and dreamed of raising her own children there one day. She never wanted to live abroad, but Russia’s brutal war forced her out of the country. After saving up enough money
In the morning on Jan. 18, a helicopter carrying Ukraine's Interior Ministry top officials crashed next to a kindergarten and an apartment building in Brovary, a city just east of Kyiv, claiming the lives of 14 people, including all 10 people onboard. Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky was the most senior
Key developments on Jan. 17: * Controversial advisor to Zelensky resigns after false claims on Dnipro missile attack * UK Defense Ministry backs claims that Moscow used inaccurate missile for Dnipro strike * 19 people are still missing, but the State Emergency Service doesn't expect to find more survivors. Three days after a
Key developments on Jan. 16: * UN: Russia's war has killed over 7,000 civilians in Ukraine since Feb. 24 * Moscow likely preparing 'decisive action' in next 6 months to 'regain initiative,' Institute for the Study of War says * Russian, Belarusian air forces start joint military exercises along Ukrainian border
Since the beginning of Russia's all-out invasion in February 2022, Scholz has been criticized for delaying and blocking arms supplies to Ukraine. Amid pressure from the media, the public and NATO allies, Germany has increased its arms supplies to Ukraine but Scholz is still accused of being reluctant to antagonize Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
Key developments on Jan. 13: * Russia shells Bakhmut area in eastern Donetsk Oblast over 200 times in past 24 hours * Clashes between Russia's regular army and private mercenaries reflect a rift, says Danilov * Russia tries to build 2-million strong army through waves of mobilization, Ukraine's intelligence says * Defense Minister Reznikov
Key developments on Jan. 12: * Russia will likely try to reach the "administrative borders" of Donetsk Oblast soon, General Staff believes * Ukrainian military says strike kills over 100 Russian soldiers in Soledar * Satellite imagery shows magnitude of destruction in salt-mining town near Bakhmut. As fierce fighting in and around Bakhmut
Key developments on Jan. 9: * General Staff: Russia trying to advance in Donetsk Oblast, conducts offensive in Bakhmut direction * Russian attack on Shevchenkove village kills 2, injures 6 people * 15 injured, including 2-year-old child, in attack on Ochakiv in southern Ukraine * Iran 'may be contributing' to Russia's war crimes in
