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May 17, 2024 · Here are the latest developments: Russian forces have made advances north and north-east of Kharkiv, the second biggest city in Ukraine. Russia has also intensified attacks along the eastern...
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May 17, 2024 · Here are the latest developments: Russian forces have made advances north and north-east of Kharkiv, the second biggest city in Ukraine. Russia has also intensified attacks along the eastern...
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Russia launched a wave of missiles targeting Kharkivand nearby cities in the north east of Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least seven people and destroying civilian infrastructure. Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city with more than 1.3mn residents, has come under increasing Russian aerial assaults since Moscow opened a new front to the north of...
June 2023: Destruction of Kakhovka dam
Following the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine on June 6, floodwaters devastated towns and villages downstream, with dozens of people perishing in the disaster amid patchy evacuation efforts in Russian-controlled territories. The flood also narrowed Ukraine’s attack options in its counteroffensive, which got under way in early June.
May 2023: Russian fortifications
Ukraine’s months-long preparation for its summer counteroffensive to try to wrest back occupied territory allowed Russia to fortify its positions along the almost 1,000km frontline. Satellite images reviewed by the Financial Timesand analysed by military experts revealed a multi-layered Russian network of anti-tank ditches, mazes of trenches, concrete “dragon’s teeth” barricades, steel “hedgehog” obstacles, spools of razor wire and minefields.
May 2023: Battle for Bakhmut
On May 21, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin hailed his first major victory since the early days of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, claiming that Russian forces had captured the eastern city of Bakhmut, despite Kyiv insisting the battle “was not over”. Putin said the Wagner paramilitary group had seized the Ukrainian city with help from Russia’s armed forces after months of bloody fighting that had caused more than 100,000 casualties and reduced the city to ruins. Earlier in the year, sat...
The number of Ukrainians fleeing the conflict has made it one of the largest refugee crises in modern history. Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Rochan Consulting, FT research. Cartography and development by Steve Bernard, Chris Campbell, Caitlin Gilbert, Cleve Jones, Emma Lewis, Joanna S Kao, Sam Learner, Ændra Rininsland, Niko Kommenda, Al...
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Russian military build-up around Ukraine as of 3 December 2021. Date. Initial: 3 March 2021 (2021-03-03) – 30 April 2021 (2021-04-30) (1 month, 3 weeks and 6 days) Renewed: 26 October 2021 (2021-10-26) – 24 February 2022 (2022-02-24) (3 months, 4 weeks and 1 day) Location. Ukraine, Russia, Belarus. Result.
Feb 24, 2022 · 24 February 2022. War in Ukraine. Watch: Kyiv residents explain why they're fleeing the Ukrainian capital. Russia has begun a large-scale military attack on Ukraine, its southern neighbour,...
Feb 24, 2022 · Russia has launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, leaving millions of people fearing for their futures. As the first day of this assault nears its end, the enormity of what this could mean is...
