Despite Germany pledging a €650 million aid package on Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged its second-largest backer not to reduce its backing of Ukraine’s efforts…
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Russia-Ukraine crisis
Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, marking a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014 following the Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity.
The invasion triggered Europe’s largest refugee crisis since WW2, with millions leaving the country and millions more displaced.
Russia invades Ukraine 2022
In 2014, at the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russia annexed Crimea and Russian-backed separatists seized part of the south-eastern Donbas region of Ukraine, sparking a regional war there.
In 2022, Russia began a large military build-up along its Ukrainian border – over 190,000 armed troops. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin had continued to deny Russia was planning an invasion until shortly before the invasion.
In a broadcast shortly before the invasion, Putin espoused irredentist views, questioned Ukraine’s right to statehood and falsely claimed the country was being governed by neo-Nazis. Putin also claimed NATO constitutes a threat to Russia’s national security by expanding eastward since the early 2000s, which NATO disputed. Russia demanded NATO cease expansion and bar Ukraine from ever joining. The UK, USA and allies all accused Russia of planning to attack or invade Ukraine, Russian officials and state media continued to deny it up until 23 February 2022.
The invasion began on 24 February – Putin announced it was a “special military operation” to “demilitarise and denazify” Ukraine. Russia then started missiles and airstrikes across Ukraine as well as a large ground invasion from multiple directions.
The invasion has been widely condemned by the international community.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine hasn’t gone entirely to plan as the Russians underestimated the Ukrainian people’s will to fight for their country.
Boris Johnson has for British troops to be committed to peacekeeping duties at the Ukrainian border as part of any ceasefire deal. The former Prime Minister told the Daily Telegraph that peace-keeping responsibilities should be handled by a multinational group of Western nations. “I don’t think we should be sending in combat troops to take on the Russians,” he said.
The war in Ukraine has entered a decisive phase. Renowned geostrategist Heisbourg explains what Ukraine and its allies need to prepare for in the next…
Rumours about the US returning nuclear weapons to Ukraine have been circulating since November 21, when The New York Times published an article citing several…
Russia’s record bombing of Ukraine leads much of the bloc’s major news sites this morning as Ukraine’s air force says it has shot down 76 Russian drones in 17 regions, whilst another 95 were lost from their radars or downed by electronic jamming defensive systems in overnights attacks.
Former German chancellor Angela Merkel also dominates much of the European news. A formidable feature of European politics, Merkel served Germany for 16 years. Today, her memoir Freedom is released. The highly anticipated memoir confronts criticisms of her policies on Russia and migration, which some say left Germany overly dependent on Russian gas and has fueled the rise of the far right in the Deutschland.
The conclusion of the mass rape trial in France finds plenty of space as prosecutors demand the maximum sentence for Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband and women around the world protesting for an end to violence against women. Much of the European media – including the UK – are running various campaigns and stories around violence towards women, sexual assault and calls for governments to do better.
Ambassadors from Ukraine and NATO’s 32 members meet Tuesday in Brussels over Russia’s firing last week of an experimental hypersonic intermediate-range missile.
Russia on Thursday carried out a strike on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro which President Vladimir Putin said was a test of its new Oreshnik missile.
Putin said the missile attack was in response to Ukraine firing weapons supplied by the United States and Britain into Russia.
Ukraine was bound to lose the territory it held in Russia, said FRANCE 24’s correspondent in Ukraine Emmanuelle Chaze. “At the height of the Ukrainian…
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Saturday signed a law that allows debt forgiveness for new recruits signing up to fight in Ukraine, government announced.…
The war in Ukraine is entering a “decisive phase”, with Vladimir Putin’s launch of a new ballistic missile showing that the threat of global conflict…
As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appeals to allies for updated air-defence systems to meet the new threat from Russia, involving an experimental hypersonic missile, FRANCE…
In a major shift in U.S. policy, President Joe Biden has authorised Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied long-range ATACMS missiles to target Russian territory. The decision, confirmed by a U.S. official to CBS News, follows months of lobbying by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who called for lifting restrictions on strikes beyond Ukraine’s borders.
10 million Ukrainians will experience depression, anxiety and schizophrenia. “Rockets are flying in this dream”. A Polish Psychologist writes from Warsaw. As Poland is fighting…
Ukraine strikes oil depot in occupied Crimea Ukraine’s military has launched a missile strike on the Feodosia oil terminal, the largest oil processing facility in…
New NATO Chief Mark Rutte vows ongoing alliance support for Ukraine New NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte made his first official visit to Ukraine, reaffirming…
Russia region orders evacuation after Ukraine drone attack A partial evacuation has been ordered in Russia’s Tver region following a “massive” Ukrainian drone attack that…
President Joe Biden has signalled that Washington may lift restrictions on Ukraine’s use of US-supplied long-range missiles against Russia.
The UK, France, Germany and the United States have imposed new sanctions on Iran, accusing the country of supplying Russia with ballistic missiles for use in Ukraine.
Russian officials claim they intercepted 144 Ukrainian drones in a wave of overnight attacks that resulted in one death and disrupted flights in Moscow.
Ukraine has yet to comment on the drone attack.
Seven dead in Lviv in fresh wave of strikes on Ukraine A fresh wave of Russian attacks in Ukraine has claimed the lives of seven…
Russian air strikes on Kharkiv injures at least 41 Russian air strikes have injured at least 41 people in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, including…
Ukraine has destroyed second Russian bridge Ukraine has destroyed a second strategic bridge in Russia’s Kursk region within a week as it continues its incursion…
Diesel facility bursts into flames as Ukrainians strike 125 miles inside Russia A key fuel facility 125 miles inside Russia has been targeted by Ukrainian troops as…
Ukraine claims to control 1,000 sq km of Russian territory Ukraine’s top commander, Oleksandr Syrskyi, announced that Ukrainian forces have seized control of 1,000 square…
Ukrainian troops now up to 30km inside Russia, Moscow says Ukrainian forces have advanced up to 30 kilometres inside Russia, marking the most significant incursion…
State of emergency declared as Ukraine launches raid into Russia A state of emergency has been declared in Russia’s Kursk region following a rare cross-border…