The Lead-Up to and Aftermath of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine On Feb. 24, 2022, the world watched as Russia invaded its neighboring country, Ukraine. How did the two countries, once tied together by the Soviet Union, get to this point? These are the major events that led to the crisis...
Feb. 2022: Amid growing Western fears Russia could attack Ukraine, the United States says it will send 3,000 extra troops to NATO members Poland and Romania. Washington and allies say they will not send troops to Ukraine, but warn of severe economic sanctions if Russian President Vladimir Puti...
KIEV, March 24 (Xinhua) -- The Russia-Ukraine conflict continues on Thursday as relevant parties are working to broker a peaceful solution. Here is a timeline of some major events related to the current crisis: March 23, 2022 -- Negotiations between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations are ...
Vladimir Putin has replaced the commander of Russia's ground forces, according to a decree published on the Kremlin's website. Gen Oleg Salyukov, 69, had been in charge of Russia's land forces since 2014, overseeing involvement in the Syrian civil war and the full-scale invasion of Ukrai...
-- A total of 137 Ukrainian soldiers were killed and another 316 injured on the first day of the conflict, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video message on Thursday night. Feb. 24, 2022 -- U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Thursday additional sanctions against Russia and...
Ukraine, a nation whose history has experienced long periods of occupation from other countries, today wrestles between war and peace, as well as between corruption and reform. The nation borders the Black and Azov seas to the south and abuts several Eastern European nations, including Russia. ...
History of Ukraine - Independent Ukraine: The population of Ukraine voted overwhelmingly for independence in the referendum of December 1, 1991. (About 84 percent of eligible voters turned out for the referendum, and about 90 percent of them endorsed ind
Russia-Ukraine War - Costs and casualties: the price of Putin’s war: Predictably, neither Ukraine nor Russia was forthcoming with detailed casualty statistics. The United Nations estimated that the conflict in the Donbas had claimed 14,000 lives between
“A lot of really important history that Putin and Russian nationalists see as their ancestry happened in Ukraine,” says Stephen Brain, an associate professor at Mississippi State University, who specializes in Russian history. He adds that “for very long periods” Russia and Ukraine were “par...
crisis brought on by Russia's aggression against Ukraine cannot be overstated. I would like to highlight here one of numerous horrendous facts - Russia is now implementing in Ukraine probably the largest instance of state sponsored kidnapping of children in history of our modern world," Kuleba ...