KYIV: Putin announced a partial military mobilisation, as Russian forces battle a Ukrainian counter-offensive that has regained some occupied territory.
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Russian invasion of Ukraine
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.
The west has condemned Russia’s plans to hold urgent referendums in parts of Ukraine that are under Russian control.
The Independent says Moscow’s submarines have retreated from Crimea to Krasnodar in southern Russia amid a local security threat, the British defence ministry said today.
The Guardian says The UN general assembly summit this week will be dominated by a struggle – between the US and its allies on one side and Russia on the other – for global support over the fate of Ukraine.
PM Liz Truss has vowed to match UK spending on military support to Ukraine next year, as politics returns following the Queen’s death.
Alla Pugacheva – one of Russia’s biggest music stars, has condemned the invasion of Ukraine and called on Russian authorities to declare her a “foreign agent”, in solidarity with her anti-war husband Maxim Galkin.
A mass grave has reportedly been found in Izyum, the north eastern city that was recently freed from Russian occupation.
Homes have been flooded following Russian missiles striking a reservoir dam near the southern Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, official say.
The i says Vladimir Putin is under pressure after Ukraine’s lightning counter-offensive in the eastern Kharkiv region led to Kyiv’s forces retaking an area the size of Greater London in 48 hours.
Ukrainian forces have retaken even more territory from Russia as they continue their counter-offensive, according to Ukrainian president Zelensky.
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has blamed Russia for causing power cuts across the east in revenge for a Ukrainian counter-offence.
Ukraine has retaken dozens of Russian-occupied localities in the south, east and northeast of the county, the Ukrainian military announced on Thursday.
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are to restrict entry to Russian civilians over the Russian invasion of Ukraine – as the war shows no sign of coming to an end.
Paul Urey, 45, was a British man who died in detention in July after being caputrued by pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine
An estimated 70,000 Czechs from across the political spectrum, took to the streets to protest against the Czech government, EU and NATO.
22 people have been killed by a Russian rocket which hit a Ukrainian train station.
Putin’s masterplan attempts to starve the UK and Europe of gas will not work in part thanks to the UK’s “proactive” measures to deal with the crisis, including striking a deal that has secured one billion cubic metres of gas, experts tell Express.co.uk.
Ukraine nuclear power plant is “out of control”, the head of the world’s leading nuclear agency
Spain’s government has sparked controversy after announcing that offices, shops, and other venues are banned from setting air conditioning below 27C in the summer.
Euronews says Russia’s top diplomat said Moscow’s overarching goal in Ukraine is to remove from power its “unacceptable regime.”
Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban has sparked outrage after attacking the ‘mixing’ of European and non-European races in a recent speech made in Băile Tușnad.
EU foreign ministers agreed on Monday another 500 million euros of EU funding to supply arms to Ukraine.
Arab News says THE WHITE HOUSE on Monday said it believes Russia is turning to Iran to provide it with “hundreds” of unmanned aerial vehicles, including weapons-capable drones.
BBC News says THE UK will provide an additional £1 billion in military aid for Ukraine, a near-doubling in its support for the fight against the Russian invasion.
The Metro says BORIS JOHNSON will send more British troops to Estonia to bolster Nato’s presence at the border with Russia.