The Kremlin has announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin has replaced his long-time ally Sergei Shoigu as defence minister. Shoigu, who has held the position since 2012, will now serve as secretary of Russia’s Security Council.
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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.
If the decision is given the green light by EU finance ministers next Tuesday, the interest generated – up to €3 billion (£2.5 billion) annually – will be directed towards purchasing weapons for Ukraine.
At a joint press conference in Kyiv, President Zelensky said: “The Russian army is now trying to take advantage of a situation when we are waiting for supplies from our partners, especially from the United States of America.
Ukraine has begun using long-range ballistic missiles secretly provided by the US against invading Russian forces, American officials have confirmed. The weapons were part of a $300m aid package approved by Joe Biden in Match and arrived this month.
US President Joe Biden has told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky he will “move quickly” to send Ukraine fresh military aid after US lawmakers passed a $61bn aid package.
The tension between Russia and Ukraine has escalated to a new level as German police have arrested two suspected Russian agents for allegedly planning to bomb military sites and industrial areas in order to disrupt the delivery of aid to Ukraine.
Seven people are dead in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region and Kharkiv in the northeast as Russian missile strikes hit. An attack that killed four in Odesa late on Wednesday coincided with the city’s liberation from the Nazis during WW2.
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According to Ukraine’s air force, 31 missiles launched by Russia were intercepted over Kyiv overnight. The attack resulted in at least 17 injuries, including one child, with four individuals currently hospitalised due to falling debris, as reported by authorities.
Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, the far-right Hungarian prime minister, asserted that if Donald Trump secures re-election as US president, he “will not provide any financial support” to Ukraine.
Russian authorities claim to have shot down 38 drones, prompting a temporary closure of the Kerch bridge linking Crimea to Russia.
‘They are preparing to strike our territory and, using the best possible forces, the most effective forces to do so.
It marks a rare comment on military deaths from the country, as other estimates suggest a much higher figure.
The mother of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has said she has been shown her son’s body but the Russian authorities are pressuring her to allow a “secret” burial.
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Zelensky sacks Ukraine’s commander-in-chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi Ukraine’s president has sacked Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the commander-in-chief of the country’s armed forces, amid speculation of a rift between…
Russian air strikes reported on Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has said air defense systems in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv have been activated to fend off a…
The incident occurred on Saturday, targeting a building that housed both the bakery and a restaurant named Adriatic. Russian officials reported that among the casualties were servicemen, servicewomen, and a child.
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The first conscription period in modern history took place during the First World War.
In a high-stakes discussion at Ukraine House in Davos, Ukrainian MP Yehor Cherniev warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin may not wait for a conclusive victory in Ukraine before launching a potentially ominous attack on other European nations.