and Russia. A Cossack republic emerged and prospered during the 17th and 18th centuries, but its territory was eventually split between Poland and the Russian Empire, and later submerged fully into Russia. Two brief periods of independence occurred during the 20th century, once near the end of ...
The Ukraine is subdivided into 24 Oblasts (provinces), most of which have not seen any fighting or unrest. The Oblasts that have seen unrest are as follows : The mauve province is the Crimea, which has already been annexed by Russia and is considered Russian territory, although this situati...
Claim location: Mariupol, Ukraine (approx.) FALSE: Russian Embassy and Druzhba FM claim that Kramatorsk was shelled by Ukraine because Russia does not have such shells. Claim location: Kramatorsk, Ukraine (approx.) FALSE: Russia stated they refrained from attacking Kyiv. Claim location: Kyiv, U...
The origins of the Russia-Ukraine War begin in February 2014 with the covert invasion of the Ukrainian autonomous republic of Crimea by disguised Russian troops. The conflict expanded in April 2014 when Russians and local proxy forces seized territory in
(named Novorossiya, or New Russia) were colonized by migrants from other parts of Ukraine, as well as smaller numbers fromRussia, theBalkans, andGermany. This colonization movement greatly expanded Ukrainian ethnic territory. The newBlack Seaport ofOdessa(Odesa) grew into a large andcosmopolitan...
Ukraine seized parts of Russia’s Kursk region in asurprise incursionin August. But after making steady gains in the region, Ukrainian troops began to lose territory there in October. The incursion hascome at the cost of territoryin Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. ...
Timeline of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict The following is a chronology of changes to territorial control and other major events since ourprevious map of the Russian invasion of Ukrainedated April 2, 2022. Terminology notes:On our map and timeline we have generally spelled place names within Ukraine...
map - Ukraine Michelin maps, with map scales from 1/1 000 000 to 1/200 000 SW Ukraine Rivers In Southwest Ukraine, many borders came together in 1900. Ukraine's fertile land was known as the breadbasket of the Soviet Union; now it became the breadbasket of Europe. It borders Russia to...
Duda said that the international community must demand that Russia completely withdraw from Ukrainian territory. "If Ukraine is sacrificed for... economic reasons or political ambitions — even a centimeter of its territory — it will be a huge blow not only for the Ukrainian nation, but for th...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine is negotiating with the US to obtain licences to manufacture air defence systems and missiles on its territory. "This could become a significant part of our security guarantees. And it is absolutely possible to do it," said Ukraine's president. ...