Key developments on Aug. 15: * Russian mass missile attack kills 3, injures 27 * Russian missiles fired at Ukraine have 30 foreign-made components, says Yermak * Russian forces attempt cross-border raid in Chernihiv Oblast * Zelensky visits troops southeast * Military reports Russian forces decrease frequency of attacks in east Russia launched another mass
Key developments on Aug. 13: * Russian attacks on Kherson Oblast kill 7, injure 15 * Official: Partisans set Russian base on fire in Mariupol * Attacks reported in Russia’s Kursk, Belgorod regions * Russian media: Massive fire breaks out at warehouse near Moscow Russian attacks on southern Kherson Oblast killed at least
Key developments on July 25: * Ukraine makes small gains south of Bakhmut * US reportedly to provide Ukraine artillery rounds, air defense missiles in $400 million military package * Ukrainian military confirms using US-provided cluster munitions near Bakhmut * Russia may attack civilian vessels in Black Sea, UK foreign secretary warns * Ukraine to
Key developments on June 30: * Zaluzhnyi: Advances daily despite lack of necessary Western equipment * Ukraine to strengthen northern borders, Zelensky says * EU wants interest from Russian money to help Ukraine Ukraine's forces advance daily by "at least 500 meters" during the summer counteroffensive despite the lack of military hardware like
Key developments on June 28: * Reznikov: 'Main event' of counteroffensive yet to come, reserves still not deployed * General: 'Partial success' over past day on the southeastern front * State Emergency Service: 11 killed, 56 wounded in Russia's June 27 missile strike on Kramatorsk * Polish and Lithuanian presidents visit Kyiv, meet Zelensky
Key developments on June 25: * Military reports advance on southern, northern flanks of Bakhmut * Russia reportedly kills two Ukrainian teenagers in occupied part of Zaporizhzhia Oblast * Germany to provide Ukraine with 45 more Gepard anti-aircraft guns * Russia reportedly redeploys troops from Ukraine to protect Moscow * Ukraine’s Air Force: Wagner
Check out our LIVE UPDATES on the Wagner Group’s armed rebellion in Russia. Key Developments on June 23: * General Staff reports advances along southern front line * Prigozhin accuses Russian army of attacking Wagner, threatens to respond * Council of Europe approves new sanctions package against Russia * Explosions reported in Russian-occupied
Key developments on June 21: * Ukrainian forces report further advance in the south * Germany delivers Patriot missile system to Ukraine * Russia fortifies defense lines in Crimea, creates branch of Black Sea Fleet in occupied Mariupol * Russian forces attack 10 regions, kill 4 people on June 20 * US to send more
Key developments on June 20: * Russian forces attack first responders in Kherson Oblast, killing 1, injuring 7 * Ukrainian forces reportedly advance south as fierce fighting is ongoing * Evacuation in flooded Kherson Oblast finished, emergency service says * Biden: Threat of Russia using tactical nuclear weapons is 'real' * Budanov: Russian forces plant
Key developments on June 16: * Zelensky says no peace talks with Putin until Russian troops withdraw from Ukraine * Russia launches missiles at Kyiv during African leaders’ visit * Russian attack on Kherson injures 23, including 3 children * Ukrainian forces advance south as counteroffensive continues * Sweden to train Ukrainian pilots on JAS
Key developments on June 3-4: * Governor: Two-year-old killed, 22 people injured in Russian missile attack on apartment building in Dnipro * Russia attacks Ukraine with cruise missiles and drones overnight on June 4 * Zelensky: 'We are ready for the counteroffensive' * Yet another incursion allegedly held in Belgorod Oblast * Russia rotating frontline
Key developments on June 2: * Children among injured in new wave of Russian attacks across Ukraine * Counteroffensive ‘is not a movie,’ says Zelensky * Official: Fighter jet coalition now includes 9 countries * More raids reported inside Russia Russian attacks across Ukraine killed at least four people and injured 10 others on
Key developments on June 1: * Police: Russian attack on Kyiv kills 3, including child, injures 16 * Zelensky meets European leaders, addresses summit in Moldova * US to buy Gepard air defense systems for Ukraine * Russian anti-Kremlin militia claims to have started another raid on Russian territory * Ukraine has right to defend
Key Developments on May 29: * Ukraine’s air defense shoots down 11 ballistic, cruise missiles aimed at Kyiv Oblast during second attack in 24 hours * Russian forces attack several oblasts, killing 4 people and injuring 25 * Ukraine's parliament votes in favor of additional sanctions against Iran * Putin signs law ‘allowing’
Key developments on May 23: * Air Force prepares for Ukrainian pilots training on F-16s * Russia cancels so-called 'counter-terrorist operation' in its Belgorod Oblast * Ukraine receives $1.6 billion in macro-financial assistance from EU * Zelensky marks Marines Day at front line * Germany provides Ukraine with air defense radar, recon drones Ukraine’
Key developments on May 9: * Ukraine intercepts most of Russian missiles in latest mass attack * Putin reiterates anti-Western propaganda during Victory Day speech * Wagner mercenaries again threaten to leave Bakhmut, saying they haven’t gotten ammunition despite requests * Peace talks impossible now because “both parties are convinced they can win,
Key developments on May 5: * Ukraine retrieves bodies of 80 fallen soldiers * Russia tries to seize Bakhmut by May 9, Defense Ministry says * Wagner mercenaries to withdraw from Bakhmut on May 10 due to 'ammo lack,' Prigozhin claims in another vocal exchange with top military command * Drone strikes oil
"We don't attack Putin or Moscow, we fight on our territory, defending our villages and cities. We don't even have enough weapons to do that.” Zelensky told a news conference in Finland.
Key developments on May 2: * Blinken says counteroffensive planned within weeks * 8 Offensive Guard brigades 'fully formed,' others in progress * US believes Russia has suffered 100,000 casualties in 5 months * CBC: 2 Canadians killed in Bakhmut * Parliament extends martial law, defines Russia's regime as 'ruscism' Ukraine's new Offensive
Key developments on May 1: * Ukraine’s military forces Russian troops to ‘abandon some positions' in Bakhmut, commander says * Infrastructure reportedly sabotaged in two Russian regions * UK Defense Ministry: Russia’s defensive build-up suggests 'deep concern' over Ukrainian breakthrough, alleges * Defense Minister 'confident' Ukraine to receive modern fighter jets Colonel
Key developments on April 30: * Ukraine, US' top generals talk of counteroffensive possible scenarios * Zelensky discusses military needs with Macron * Fire at oil depot in Sevastopol is 'preparations' for counteroffensive, says military * Intelligence chief pledges to eliminate Russian war criminals worldwide According to Ukraine's Armed Forces' Southern Command spokesperson Natalia
Key developments on April 28: * Russian missile strike on apartment block in Uman kills at least 23 people * Defense minister: Preparations for Ukraine counteroffensive at final stage * Slovak, Czech presidents make joint visit to Ukraine * Denmark delivers Caesar howitzers to Ukraine A Russian mass missile attack against Ukraine killed 25
Key developments on April 27: * Court sentences Russian soldier to life in prison for killing 1, injuring 3 Ukrainians * Russian serviceman admits killing POWs after interrogations, intercepted call allege * Mayor: Collaborator killed in Zaporizhzhia Oblast * US commander confident in success of Ukraine's counteroffensive Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) published an intercepted
Key developments on April 25: * Institute for the Study of War: Ukraine makes minor advances near Kreminna * NYT: US officials believe Ukrainian counteroffensive to start in May * WSJ: Iran opens marine route to supply Russia with ammo * Ukraine plans to introduce additional sanctions against Iran * General Staff: Ukraine repels 36
Key developments on April 19: * "Complex measures" of Ukraine's planned counteroffensive are "already underway" in the east, Defense Ministry says * Patriot air defense systems arrive in Ukraine * NYT: 'Surge' in electronic components sent to Russia via Armenia, Kazakhstan * Commander: Embattled Bakhmut still stands Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said that
Key developments on April 13: * Spiegel: Berlin approves Poland’s request to ship fighter jets from East Germany stocks * Leaked US intelligence files anticipate no Ukraine-Russia negotiations this year * Military: Russia has fired 8,000 long-range anti-aircraft missiles against Ukraine since February 2022 * Zelensky gathers military, intelligence chiefs; awaits allies-pledged
Key developments on April 7: * Ukraine's intelligence dismisses classified war documents leaked online as 'fake' * Foreign Ministry dismisses Brazil’s suggestion to cede Russian-occupied Crimea in exchange for peace with Moscow * Russian technicians may have sabotaged Slovak-provided MiG-29 fighters * UK Defense Ministry: Russian troops 'have regained some momentum' in Bakhmut
Key developments on April 6: * Russia’s Wagner Group admits Ukrainian strongholds remain in Bakhmut * Lithuania to send $44 million worth of military aid to Ukraine * Ukraine, Poland to co-produce 125 mm tank shells * Reuters: China ready to work with France on Ukraine peace * EU chief says China’s Xi
Key developments on April 5: * Poland to provide Ukraine with 14 MiG-29 fighter jets * Czech Republic pledges $30 million in military aid * Poland, Ukraine sign memorandums on reconstruction and joint munitions production * Zelensky: Situation in Bakhmut remains 'complicated' * CNN: Kremlin likely struggling to increase number of soldiers * China's ambassador to
Key developments on April 3: * Ukraine denies Russian claims about seizing Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast * Poland delivers first MiG-29 jets to Ukraine * Zelensky on upcoming counteroffensive: Russians “still have time to leave — otherwise, we will destroy them” * Zelensky, European officials meet with Russian occupation survivors in Chernihiv Oblast * General Staff:
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
