Key developments on Jan. 11: * Zelensky denies Russia captured Soledar, says fighting ‘ongoing’ and front line ‘holding * ’Moscow says Soledar blocked from north and south; Wagner Group founder boasts capturing the town * Poland to deliver Leopard tanks to Ukraine; Lithuania vows to send more air defense systems * Russia’s Defense
Key developments on Jan. 10: * Russia digs in on Soledar, Donetsk Oblast * German Foreign Minister visits Kharkiv's worst-hit residential district * Kuleba confident Germany will supply Ukraine with Leopard tanks * Canada vows to buy NASAMS air defense system for Ukraine Russian militants in eastern Ukraine said late on Jan. 10 that
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
Key developments on Jan. 8: * Ukraine’s Defense Ministry: Situation ‘very difficult’ in Ukrainian-controlled Soledar, Donetsk Oblast * Ukraine, Russia swap 50 troops each in first prisoner exchange of 2023 * UK Defense Ministry: Russia strengthening defense ahead of potential Ukrainian breakthrough in Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk oblasts * Ukrainain military spokesman claims neither side
Key developments on Jan. 4: * Ukraine says it anticipates ‘hottest’ fighting and ‘major push’ in spring, further strikes ‘deeper’ inside Russia * France vows to transfer first Western-designed tanks to Ukraine * Ukraine’s intelligence: Partisan activity has intensified in Russia to interrupt military logistics since September * General Staff: 80 Russian soldiers
Key developments on Jan. 3: * Ukraine’s intelligence: Russia to likely ‘continue offensive operations this year’ * Air Force: Ukraine has shot down nearly 500 drones launched by Russia * Russia conducts more attacks on civilian areas in Donetsk Oblast * Kuleba urges international sporting events to ban Russian athletes from competing after
Key developments on Jan. 1: * Ukraine says it shot down 45 drones on Dec. 31-Jan. 1 * Russian shelling damages regional children's hospital in Kherson; 1 killed, 1 wounded * Ukraine's military: Russian troops need 'operational pause' in Bakhmut, Soledar fronts Russia attacked Ukraine on New Year's Eve with missiles, followed by
Russia launched a fresh barrage of missiles across Ukraine on Dec. 31, killing at least one person and wounding at least 28, on New Year’s Eve. Multiple regions were targeted during the coordinated strike as Russian missiles slammed into civilian areas in the center, south, east, and west of
Key developments on Dec. 29 * Zaluzhnyi: Russia launches 69 missiles on Ukraine, 54 downed by Air Force * Russia's attacks kill at least 2, wound 7 on Dec. 29 * Belarus claims it shot down 'Ukrainian S-300 missile,' Ukraine calls it Russia's 'deliberate provocation' * Kuleba: There can be no neutrality toward
Key developments on Dec. 28: * Kremlin: Peace possible only if Ukraine agrees to Russia's annexation of its regions * Zelensky: Ukraine moving toward victory generations dreamt of * French Defense Minister meets Reznikov in Kyiv, pledges further military support * UK Defense Ministry: Russia strengthens defense near Kreminna, Luhansk Oblast The Kremlin claimed
Key developments on Dec. 27: * Putin, Lukashenko claim to have agreed on ‘many issues’ at regional summit * Ukraine’s State Border Service: Russia has not formed strike force at Ukraine-Belarus border yet * Ukraine’s Defense Ministry: Bakhmut ‘courageously’ standing amid Russia’s non-stop onslaught * Shmyhal: There will be no emergency
Key developments on Dec. 25: * Governor: At least 16 killed, 64 wounded due to Russian shelling on Christmas eve in Kherson Oblast * Putin claims readiness for negotiations, blames West for refusing to talk. * World leaders deliver Christmas message to Ukraine * General Staff: Russia shells more than 20 settlements in Bakhmut,
Key developments on Dec. 21: * Zelensky visits Washington, meets Biden * US announces $1.85 billion military assistance, including transfer of Patriot air defense system * Washington Post: Kyiv’s long-sought Patriot system not expected to arrive before spring * Putin claims his army has ‘no financial limits,’ acknowledges ‘certain problems’ in fall
Key developments on Dec. 20: * Zelensky makes surprise visit to Bakhmut, meets front-line soldiers * Kuleba: Wagner Group should be recognized internationally as ‘terrorist organization’ * Governor: 80% of Kyiv Oblast left without electricity * EU's Borrell calls on Iran to ‘immediately stop military support to Russia’ President Volodymyr Zelensky made a surprise
Key developments on Dec. 17-18: * Ukraine issues warning ahead of Putin-Lukashenko talks on Dec. 19 * 2 killed, 4 wounded in Russian shelling of Kherson * Fierce fighting rages in Bakhmut, Avdiivka areas in Donetsk Oblast Ukraine’s military on Dec. 18 warned of potential border escalation ahead of Russian President Vladimir
Key developments on Dec. 16: * Military: 60 of 76 Russian missiles shot down during 7th mass strike on energy infrastructure * Officials: At least 3 civilians killed, around 9 power generating facilities damaged * EU condemns ‘Kremlin’s indiscriminate terror,” adopts 9th sanctions package against Russia * Mass power outages reported in Kyiv,
Key developments on Dec. 15: * Ukrainian officials predict Russia to launch new major offensive in January-February 2023 * Zaluzhnyi: Russia likely to attempt capturing Kyiv again, trains 200,000 new soldiers * European Parliament recognizes Holodomor as genocide against Ukrainian people * Prosecutors: Paramedic, elderly man killed during Russian shelling in Kherson Russia
Key developments on Dec. 14: * Russia attacks Kyiv with 13 Iranian-made drones; all shot down, no casualties * European Parliament approves 18 billion euro aid package for Ukraine after deal with Hungary * 64 Ukrainian soldiers, US citizen return from Russian captivity * Kremlin: Patriot air defense system would ‘definitely’ be target for
Key developments on Dec. 11: * PM: All thermal and hydroelectric power stations damaged by Russia’s attacks * Governor: 300,000 people left without electricity in Odesa Oblast * Zelensky talks with Macron, Erdogan * State Emergency Service: Russia targets rescuers in Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal on Dec. 11 warned
Key developments on Dec. 9 * Ukrenergo: Russia fired more than 1,000 missiles and drones at Ukrainian energy * Erdogan announces new talks with Zelensky, Putin * Putin claims Russia should have started its full-scale war ‘earlier’ * General Staff: Russia still set on capturing Bakhmut Russia has fired more than 1,000
Key developments on Dec. 8 * Putin claims that Russia’s missile blitz on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure will continue * Energoatom: Russia places Grad rocket launchers near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant reactor * CNN: US considers Ukraine’s request for cluster munitions Russia’s President Vladimir Putin claimed on Dec. 8 that Russia
Key developments on Dec. 7 * NATO chief: Russia trying to ‘freeze’ war in Ukraine for ‘bigger offensive’ next spring * Putin: The war in Ukraine ‘might be a long process’ * Zelensky: At least 10 killed, ‘many’ wounded in Russian shelling of Kurakhove, Donetsk Oblast * Ukrenergo: Ukraine still faces 'significant' energy deficit
Key developments on Dec. 6 * Zelensky visits Donetsk Oblast, vows to liberate Russian-occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, and Crimea * Ukraine’s intelligence: Russia still has missiles for several more mass attacks * Third Russian airbase ablaze after a drone attack; no casualties reported * 60 Ukrainian service people freed in new prisoner exchange President
Key developments on Dec. 5 * Zelensky: 4 people killed by Russia’s mass missile strike on Dec. 5 * Ukraine’s Air Force: Over 60 of more than 70 Russian missiles shot down on Dec. 5 * PM: Power facilities in Kyiv, Odesa, and Vinnytsia oblasts hit but repair underway * Russian Defense
Key developments on Dec. 4: * Ukraine's military estimates 50-100 Russian troops killed near Bakhmut each day * Evacuation for residents living on the east bank of Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast underway * Kremlin says it would not comply with $60 oil cap; Kyiv demands it to be lowered to $30 * Ukraine
Key developments on Dec. 2: * Ukraine's military repels Russian advances near 14 settlements in eastern Donetsk, Luhansk regions. * Russia has lost over 90,000 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, General Staff says. * EU makes final decision to cap Russian seaborne oil prices at $60 a barrel.Ukraine's Embassy in
Key developments on Dec. 1: * Spanish police investigates six letter bombs sent to political and military targets possibly related to supporting Ukraine in Russia’s war. * 50 Ukrainian soldiers return home in new prisoner exchange with Russia. * Switzerland freezes nearly $8 billion in Russian assets under EU sanctions. * General Staff:
Editor's note: The story contains images and descriptions that some readers may find graphic. CHORNOBAIVKA, Kherson Oblast – Two 23-year-old friends, Volodymyr Prylutskyi and Denys Dudchenko, were in front of their old school in Chornobaivka when they were shot dead at around 4 p.m. on March 4. The southern village,
Key developments on Nov. 30: * Ukrainian intelligence: Russia stockpiles missiles for next mass attack * Governor: Russian shelling of Kherson kills 1, wounds 1 * Official: Russia forcibly relocates residents from Kinburn Spit on left bank of Dnipro River Ukraine is bracing itself for more Russian mass strikes targeting energy infrastructure. Vadym
Key developments on Nov. 29: * Kuleba: Negotiations for Kyiv-involved weapon production in NATO territory underway * IAEA to strengthen its presence in all of Ukraine’s nuclear power plantsLiberated * Kherson again comes under Russian fire * Heaviest fighting raging in Bakhmut and Avdiivka areas, Donetsk Oblast Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba
Key developments on Nov. 28: * Nearly five million Ukrainian refugees have received temporary protection status in Europe, UNHCR says. * Russia has launched over 16,000 missile attacks at Ukraine over the past 9 months, with 97% of targets being civilian, Ukraine’s defense minister says. * Emergency blackouts resumed in all
Key developments on Nov. 27: * Governor: Russia using 'terror tactics' to threaten lives in liberated parts of Kherson Oblast * General Staff: Russia concentrates main offensive to capture Bakhmut and Avdiivka * UK Defense Ministry: Russia unlikely to achieve breakthrough in Donetsk Oblast * Law enforcement raids Moscow-linked Orthodox church in western Ukraine
