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On 25 March, the Russian Defence Ministry announced the "first stage" of what they referred as the "military operation in Ukraine" was generally complete, with Ukrainian military forces suffering serious losses, and the Russian military would now be concentrating on the "liberation of [[Donbas]]".<ref>{{cite news |title=Operation in Ukraine proceeds as planned, first stage goals complete |url=https://tass.com/politics/1427617 |access-date=27 March 2022 |agency=TASS |date=26 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Russia targets east Ukraine, says first phase over |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60872358 |access-date=27 March 2022 |publisher=BBC |date=26 March 2022}}</ref> The "first stage" of the invasion was conducted on four fronts<ref>{{cite news |last=Varner |first=Joe |date=28 March 2022 |title=It's been one month since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. Here's where we stand |url=https://thehub.ca/2022-03-28/the-state-of-the-russian-ukrainian-war-one-month-in/ |access-date=3 April 2022 |website=The Hub}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=1 April 2022 |title=Russian invasion of Ukraine lacks a battlefield commander, U.S. officials say |url=https://news.yahoo.com/russian-invasion-ukraine-lacks-battlefield-202615350.html |access-date=3 April 2022 |publisher=[[Yahoo! News]]}}</ref> including one along an axis towards western [[Kyiv]] from Belarus (a northern front), conducted by the Russian [[Eastern Military District]], comprising the [[29th Combined Arms Army|29th]], [[35th Combined Arms Army|35th]], and [[36th Combined Arms Army|36th Combined Arms Armies]]. A second axis deployed towards eastern Kyiv from Russia by the [[Central Military District]] (a northeastern front), comprising the [[41st Combined Arms Army]] and [[2nd Guards Combined Arms Army]]. A third axis deployed towards [[Kharkiv]] by the [[Western Military District]] (an eastern front), with the [[1st Guards Tank Army]] and [[29th Combined Arms Army|20th Combined Arms Army]]. A fourth southern front (originating in occupied Crimea and Russia's Rostov oblast) with an eastern axis towards [[Odessa]] and a western area of operations toward [[Mariupol]], by the [[Southern Military District]], including the [[58th Combined Arms Army|58th]], [[49th Combined Arms Army|49th]], and [[8th Guards Combined Arms Army|8th Combined Arms Army]], the latter also commanding the 1st and 2nd Army Corps of the [[Russian separatist forces in Donbas]]<ref name="auto">{{cite web |date=21 September 2021 |title=The Russian and Ukrainian Spring 2021 War Scare |url=https://www.csis.org/analysis/russian-and-ukrainian-spring-2021-war-scare |access-date=25 November 2021 |first=Mykola |last=Bielieskov |website=[[Center for Strategic & International Studies]]}}</ref> |
On 25 March, the Russian Defence Ministry announced the "first stage" of what they referred as the "military operation in Ukraine" was generally complete, with Ukrainian military forces suffering serious losses, and the Russian military would now be concentrating on the "liberation of [[Donbas]]".<ref>{{cite news |title=Operation in Ukraine proceeds as planned, first stage goals complete |url=https://tass.com/politics/1427617 |access-date=27 March 2022 |agency=TASS |date=26 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Russia targets east Ukraine, says first phase over |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60872358 |access-date=27 March 2022 |publisher=BBC |date=26 March 2022}}</ref> The "first stage" of the invasion was conducted on four fronts<ref>{{cite news |last=Varner |first=Joe |date=28 March 2022 |title=It's been one month since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. Here's where we stand |url=https://thehub.ca/2022-03-28/the-state-of-the-russian-ukrainian-war-one-month-in/ |access-date=3 April 2022 |website=The Hub}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=1 April 2022 |title=Russian invasion of Ukraine lacks a battlefield commander, U.S. officials say |url=https://news.yahoo.com/russian-invasion-ukraine-lacks-battlefield-202615350.html |access-date=3 April 2022 |publisher=[[Yahoo! News]]}}</ref> including one along an axis towards western [[Kyiv]] from Belarus (a northern front), conducted by the Russian [[Eastern Military District]], comprising the [[29th Combined Arms Army|29th]], [[35th Combined Arms Army|35th]], and [[36th Combined Arms Army|36th Combined Arms Armies]]. A second axis deployed towards eastern Kyiv from Russia by the [[Central Military District]] (a northeastern front), comprising the [[41st Combined Arms Army]] and [[2nd Guards Combined Arms Army]]. A third axis deployed towards [[Kharkiv]] by the [[Western Military District]] (an eastern front), with the [[1st Guards Tank Army]] and [[29th Combined Arms Army|20th Combined Arms Army]]. A fourth southern front (originating in occupied Crimea and Russia's Rostov oblast) with an eastern axis towards [[Odessa]] and a western area of operations toward [[Mariupol]], by the [[Southern Military District]], including the [[58th Combined Arms Army|58th]], [[49th Combined Arms Army|49th]], and [[8th Guards Combined Arms Army|8th Combined Arms Army]], the latter also commanding the 1st and 2nd Army Corps of the [[Russian separatist forces in Donbas]]<ref name="auto">{{cite web |date=21 September 2021 |title=The Russian and Ukrainian Spring 2021 War Scare |url=https://www.csis.org/analysis/russian-and-ukrainian-spring-2021-war-scare |access-date=25 November 2021 |first=Mykola |last=Bielieskov |website=[[Center for Strategic & International Studies]]}}</ref> |
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By 7 April, Russian troops deployed to the Northern front conducted by the Russian [[Eastern Military District]], comprising the [[29th Combined Arms Army|29th]], [[35th Combined Arms Army|35th]], and [[36th Combined Arms Army|36th Combined Arms Armies]], were retracted from the Kyiv offensive for apparent resupply and subsequent redeployment to the Donbas region to reinforce the southern and the eastern fronts for a renewed invasion front of southeastern Ukraine. The Northeastern front including the [[Central Military District]], comprising the [[41st Combined Arms Army]] and [[2nd Guards Combined Arms Army]], was similarly withdrawn for resupply and redeployment in Southeastern Ukraine.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="news.yahoo.com">{{cite news |url=https://news.yahoo.com/nato-chief-says-putin-still-144125043.html |title=NATO chief says Putin still wants to control all of Ukraine, despite repositioning forces to the eastern Donbas region |first1=Jake |last1=Epstein |first2=John |last2=Haltiwanger |date=6 April 2022 |access-date=7 April 2022}}</ref> By 8 April, General [[Alexander Dvornikov]] was placed in charge of military operations during the invasion.<ref name="hindustannewshub.com"/> On 18 April, retired |
By 7 April, Russian troops deployed to the Northern front conducted by the Russian [[Eastern Military District]], comprising the [[29th Combined Arms Army|29th]], [[35th Combined Arms Army|35th]], and [[36th Combined Arms Army|36th Combined Arms Armies]], were retracted from the Kyiv offensive for apparent resupply and subsequent redeployment to the Donbas region to reinforce the southern and the eastern fronts for a renewed invasion front of southeastern Ukraine. The Northeastern front including the [[Central Military District]], comprising the [[41st Combined Arms Army]] and [[2nd Guards Combined Arms Army]], was similarly withdrawn for resupply and redeployment in Southeastern Ukraine.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="news.yahoo.com">{{cite news |url=https://news.yahoo.com/nato-chief-says-putin-still-144125043.html |title=NATO chief says Putin still wants to control all of Ukraine, despite repositioning forces to the eastern Donbas region |first1=Jake |last1=Epstein |first2=John |last2=Haltiwanger |date=6 April 2022 |access-date=7 April 2022}}</ref> By 8 April, General [[Alexander Dvornikov]] was placed in charge of military operations during the invasion.<ref name="hindustannewshub.com"/> On 18 April, retired Lieutenant General [[Douglas Lute]], the former US ambassador to NATO, reported in a [[PBS NewsHour]] interview that Russia had repositioned its troops to initiate a new assault on Eastern Ukraine which would be limited to Russia's original deployment of 150,000 to 190,000 troops for the invasion, though the troops were being well supplied by adequate Russian weapons stockpiles stored within Russia. For Lute, this contrasted sharply with the vast size of the Ukrainian troops consisting of Zelenskyy's conscription of all male Ukrainian citizens between 16 and 60 years of age, however without adequate weapons available in Ukraine's highly limited stockpiles of weapons.<ref>{{cite news |title=Russia's battle for the east has begun, Zelenskyy says |work=[[PBS NewsHour]] |date=18 April 2022 |access-date=20 April 2022 |url=https://www.pbs.org/video/russian-invasion-1650309065/}}</ref> |
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On 26 April, delegates of the USA along with 40 allied nations met at [[Ramstein Air Base]] in Germany to discuss forming a sustained coalition to provide economic support along with military supplies and refitting to Ukraine for its battle and possible counter-offensive against Russia.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Vandiver |first1=John |last2=Svan |first2=Jennifer H. |date=26 April 2022 |title=US and allies gather at Ramstein to discuss how to help Ukraine defeat Russia's 'unjust invasion' |work=[[Stars and Stripes (newspaper)|Stars and Stripes]] |url=https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2022-04-26/austin-ukraine-ramstein-air-base-russia-5804405.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=9 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504174341/https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2022-04-26/austin-ukraine-ramstein-air-base-russia-5804405.html |archive-date=4 May 2022}} |
On 26 April, delegates of the USA along with 40 allied nations met at [[Ramstein Air Base]] in Germany to discuss forming a sustained coalition to provide economic support along with military supplies and refitting to Ukraine for its battle and possible counter-offensive against Russia.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Vandiver |first1=John |last2=Svan |first2=Jennifer H. |date=26 April 2022 |title=US and allies gather at Ramstein to discuss how to help Ukraine defeat Russia's 'unjust invasion' |work=[[Stars and Stripes (newspaper)|Stars and Stripes]] |url=https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2022-04-26/austin-ukraine-ramstein-air-base-russia-5804405.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=9 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504174341/https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2022-04-26/austin-ukraine-ramstein-air-base-russia-5804405.html |archive-date=4 May 2022}} |
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On 24 February, Russian forces [[Chuhuiv air base attack|attacked the Chuhuiv air base]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Ukraine: Video appears to show aftermath of missile strike on air base in Chuhuiv |publisher=[[Sky News]] |date=24 February 2022 |access-date=6 April 2022 |url=https://news.sky.com/video/ukraine-video-appears-to-show-aftermath-of-missile-strike-on-air-base-in-chuhuiv-12550242}}</ref> which housed [[Baykar Bayraktar TB2|Bayraktar TB2]] drones. The attack caused damage to fuel storage areas and infrastructure.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/24/satellite-imagery-shows-russian-attack-on-ukraine-from-space.html |title=Satellite imagery shows Russian attack on Ukraine from space |publisher=[[CNBC]] |first=Michael |last=Sheetz |date=24 February 2022 |access-date=8 March 2022}}</ref> The next day, Ukrainian forces attacked the [[Millerovo (air base)|Millerovo air base]].<ref name="Dutton-2022-02-25" /><ref name="Rostov-Gazeta-2022-02-25" /> On 27 February, Russia [[Zhytomyr Airport attack|reportedly]] fired [[9K720 Iskander]] missiles from Belarus at the civilian [[Zhytomyr Airport]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Airport in central Ukraine reportedly targeted by missile fired from Belarus |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/airport-in-central-ukraine-reportedly-targeted-by-missile-fired-from-belarus/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227183646/https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/airport-in-central-ukraine-reportedly-targeted-by-missile-fired-from-belarus/ |archive-date=27 February 2022 |access-date=28 February 2022 |work=[[The Times of Israel]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|number=1498178611916034054 |user=KyivIndependent |title=Russia used Iskander missile systems to attack Zhytomyr Airport. The air strikes were conducted from Belarus, using Russian ballistic missile launchers. Earlier, Belarus said it wouldn't allow air strikes from its territory amid Ukraine's upcoming peace talks with Russia. |access-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305041549/https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1498178611916034054 |archive-date=5 March 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> Many Ukrainian air defence facilities were destroyed or damaged in the first days of the invasion by Russian air strikes.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61106245 |title=Ukraine's battle for control of its skies |first=Jonathan |last=Beale |work=[[BBC News]] |date=14 April 2022 |access-date=19 April 2022}}</ref> Overall, in the opening days of the conflict, Russia fired large numbers of both cruise and ballistic missiles at the principal Ukrainian ground-based early warning radars, thereby blinding the Ukrainian Air Force to their air activity. Additionally, some operating surfaces were cratered at the major Ukrainian air bases, hindering Ukrainian aircraft movements. Lastly, several Ukrainian long-range S-300P surface-to-air missile batteries were destroyed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/mysterious-case-missing-russian-air-force |title=The Mysterious Case of the Missing Russian Air Force |first=Justin |last=Bronk |date=28 February 2022 |access-date=2 June 2022 |publisher=[[Royal United Services Institute]]}}</ref> |
On 24 February, Russian forces [[Chuhuiv air base attack|attacked the Chuhuiv air base]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Ukraine: Video appears to show aftermath of missile strike on air base in Chuhuiv |publisher=[[Sky News]] |date=24 February 2022 |access-date=6 April 2022 |url=https://news.sky.com/video/ukraine-video-appears-to-show-aftermath-of-missile-strike-on-air-base-in-chuhuiv-12550242}}</ref> which housed [[Baykar Bayraktar TB2|Bayraktar TB2]] drones. The attack caused damage to fuel storage areas and infrastructure.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/24/satellite-imagery-shows-russian-attack-on-ukraine-from-space.html |title=Satellite imagery shows Russian attack on Ukraine from space |publisher=[[CNBC]] |first=Michael |last=Sheetz |date=24 February 2022 |access-date=8 March 2022}}</ref> The next day, Ukrainian forces attacked the [[Millerovo (air base)|Millerovo air base]].<ref name="Dutton-2022-02-25" /><ref name="Rostov-Gazeta-2022-02-25" /> On 27 February, Russia [[Zhytomyr Airport attack|reportedly]] fired [[9K720 Iskander]] missiles from Belarus at the civilian [[Zhytomyr Airport]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Airport in central Ukraine reportedly targeted by missile fired from Belarus |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/airport-in-central-ukraine-reportedly-targeted-by-missile-fired-from-belarus/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227183646/https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/airport-in-central-ukraine-reportedly-targeted-by-missile-fired-from-belarus/ |archive-date=27 February 2022 |access-date=28 February 2022 |work=[[The Times of Israel]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|number=1498178611916034054 |user=KyivIndependent |title=Russia used Iskander missile systems to attack Zhytomyr Airport. The air strikes were conducted from Belarus, using Russian ballistic missile launchers. Earlier, Belarus said it wouldn't allow air strikes from its territory amid Ukraine's upcoming peace talks with Russia. |access-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305041549/https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1498178611916034054 |archive-date=5 March 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> Many Ukrainian air defence facilities were destroyed or damaged in the first days of the invasion by Russian air strikes.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61106245 |title=Ukraine's battle for control of its skies |first=Jonathan |last=Beale |work=[[BBC News]] |date=14 April 2022 |access-date=19 April 2022}}</ref> Overall, in the opening days of the conflict, Russia fired large numbers of both cruise and ballistic missiles at the principal Ukrainian ground-based early warning radars, thereby blinding the Ukrainian Air Force to their air activity. Additionally, some operating surfaces were cratered at the major Ukrainian air bases, hindering Ukrainian aircraft movements. Lastly, several Ukrainian long-range S-300P surface-to-air missile batteries were destroyed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/mysterious-case-missing-russian-air-force |title=The Mysterious Case of the Missing Russian Air Force |first=Justin |last=Bronk |date=28 February 2022 |access-date=2 June 2022 |publisher=[[Royal United Services Institute]]}}</ref> |
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On 1 March, Russia and the |
On 1 March, Russia and the US established a deconfliction line to avoid any misunderstanding that could cause an unintentional escalation.<ref name=cnn-20220513>{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/13/politics/austin-shoigu-call/index.html |title=US defense secretary speaks with Russian counterpart for first time since Russia invaded Ukraine |last=Liebermann |first=Oren |publisher=CNN |date=13 May 2022 |access-date=15 May 2022}}</ref> |
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Russia lost at least ten aircraft on 5 March.<ref>{{cite news |last=Trevithick |first=Joseph |title=The Russian Air Force Just Had A Terrible Day Over Ukraine |url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/44602/the-russian-air-force-just-had-a-terrible-day-over-ukraine |access-date=5 March 2022 |work=The Drive}}</ref> On 6 March, the [[General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine]] reported that 88 Russian aircraft had been destroyed since the war began.<ref>{{cite web|title=Enemy loses 88 aircraft, helicopters in Ukraine – General Staff |url=https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/808029.html |access-date=9 March 2022 |website=[[Interfax-Ukraine]]}}</ref> However, an anonymous senior US defence official told Reuters on 7 March that Russia still had the "vast majority" of its fighter jets and helicopters that had been amassed near Ukraine available to fly.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ali |first1=Idrees |last2=Stewart |first2=Phil |date=7 March 2022 |title=Putin has deployed nearly 100% of pre-staged forces into Ukraine- U.S. Official |work=[[Reuters]] |publication-place=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-has-deployed-nearly-100-pct-pre-staged-forces-into-ukraine-us-official-2022-03-07/ |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=28 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307181834/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-has-deployed-nearly-100-pct-pre-staged-forces-into-ukraine-us-official-2022-03-07/ |archive-date=7 March 2022}}</ref> After the first month of the invasion, Justin Bronk, a British military observer, counted the Russian aircraft losses at 15 fixed-wing aircraft and 35 helicopters, but noted that the true total was certainly higher.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/24/analysis-russia-falls-back-on-urban-siege-warfare-in-ukraine |title=Analysis: Russia falls back on urban siege warfare in Ukraine |first=Justin |last=Bronk |publisher=[[Al Jazeera]] |date=24 March 2022 |access-date=24 March 2022}}</ref> In contrast, according to the United States, 49 Ukrainian fighter aircraft were lost by 18 March.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-60774819?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=62349f1d0ce87e491a0f0199%26How%20much%20of%20Ukraine%27s%20air%20force%20is%20still%20operational%3F%262022-03-18T19%3A44%3A06%2B00%3A00&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:12473c63-8acb-47a3-975e-484ef2787681&pinned_post_asset_id=62349f1d0ce87e491a0f0199&pinned_post_type=share |title=How much of Ukraine's air force is still operational? |editor-first=Jude |editor-last=Sheerin |work=[[BBC News]] |date=18 March 2022 |access-date=19 April 2022}}</ref> |
Russia lost at least ten aircraft on 5 March.<ref>{{cite news |last=Trevithick |first=Joseph |title=The Russian Air Force Just Had A Terrible Day Over Ukraine |url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/44602/the-russian-air-force-just-had-a-terrible-day-over-ukraine |access-date=5 March 2022 |work=The Drive}}</ref> On 6 March, the [[General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine]] reported that 88 Russian aircraft had been destroyed since the war began.<ref>{{cite web|title=Enemy loses 88 aircraft, helicopters in Ukraine – General Staff |url=https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/808029.html |access-date=9 March 2022 |website=[[Interfax-Ukraine]]}}</ref> However, an anonymous senior US defence official told Reuters on 7 March that Russia still had the "vast majority" of its fighter jets and helicopters that had been amassed near Ukraine available to fly.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ali |first1=Idrees |last2=Stewart |first2=Phil |date=7 March 2022 |title=Putin has deployed nearly 100% of pre-staged forces into Ukraine- U.S. Official |work=[[Reuters]] |publication-place=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-has-deployed-nearly-100-pct-pre-staged-forces-into-ukraine-us-official-2022-03-07/ |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=28 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307181834/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-has-deployed-nearly-100-pct-pre-staged-forces-into-ukraine-us-official-2022-03-07/ |archive-date=7 March 2022}}</ref> After the first month of the invasion, Justin Bronk, a British military observer, counted the Russian aircraft losses at 15 fixed-wing aircraft and 35 helicopters, but noted that the true total was certainly higher.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/24/analysis-russia-falls-back-on-urban-siege-warfare-in-ukraine |title=Analysis: Russia falls back on urban siege warfare in Ukraine |first=Justin |last=Bronk |publisher=[[Al Jazeera]] |date=24 March 2022 |access-date=24 March 2022}}</ref> In contrast, according to the United States, 49 Ukrainian fighter aircraft were lost by 18 March.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-60774819?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=62349f1d0ce87e491a0f0199%26How%20much%20of%20Ukraine%27s%20air%20force%20is%20still%20operational%3F%262022-03-18T19%3A44%3A06%2B00%3A00&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:12473c63-8acb-47a3-975e-484ef2787681&pinned_post_asset_id=62349f1d0ce87e491a0f0199&pinned_post_type=share |title=How much of Ukraine's air force is still operational? |editor-first=Jude |editor-last=Sheerin |work=[[BBC News]] |date=18 March 2022 |access-date=19 April 2022}}</ref> |
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Pre-invasion at border: 169,000–190,000[d][4][5][6] Pre-invasion total: 900,000 military[7] 554,000 paramilitary[7] In February 2023: 300,000+ active personnel in Ukraine[8] In June 2024: 700,000 active personnel in the area[9] |
Pre-invasion total: 196,600 military[10] 102,000 paramilitary[10] July 2022 total: up to 700,000[11] September 2023 total: over 800,000[12] | ||||||
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On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, marking a steep escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which had begun in 2014. The invasion has caused Europe's fastest-growing refugee crisis since World War II,[13][14] with more than 6.8 million Ukrainians fleeing the country[15] and a third of the population displaced.[16][17]
At the start of the war in 2014, Russia invaded and annexed Crimea, and Russian-backed separatists seized part of the Donbas, the south-eastern region of Ukraine (consisting of Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts), sparking a regional war.[18][19] In 2021, Russia began a large military build-up along its border with Ukraine, amassing up to 190,000 troops and their equipment. In a televised address shortly before the invasion, Russian president Vladimir Putin espoused irredentist views,[20] challenged Ukraine's right to statehood,[21][22] and falsely[23] accused Ukraine of being governed by neo-Nazis who persecute the ethnic Russian minority.[24] Putin also alleged that eastward expansion by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) threatens Russia's national security, something NATO has disputed.[25] Russia demanded NATO stop expanding and permanently bar Ukraine from ever joining the alliance.[26] Multiple nations accused Russia of planning to attack or invade Ukraine, which Russian officials repeatedly denied as late as 23 February 2022.[30]
On 21 February 2022, Russia recognised the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic, two self-proclaimed breakaway statelets in Donbas controlled by pro-Russian separatists.[31] The following day, the Federation Council of Russia authorised the use of military force abroad, and Russian troops overtly entered both territories.[32] The invasion began on the morning of 24 February,[33] when Putin announced a "special military operation" to "demilitarise and denazify" Ukraine.[34][35] Minutes later, missiles and airstrikes hit across Ukraine, including the capital Kyiv, shortly followed by a large ground invasion from multiple directions.[36][37] Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy enacted martial law and a general mobilisation of all male Ukrainian citizens between 18 and 60, who were banned from leaving the country.[38][39]
At the start of the invasion, Russian attacks were launched on a northern front from Belarus towards Kyiv, a northeastern front towards Kharkiv, a southern front from Crimea, and a southeastern front from the cities of Luhansk and Donetsk.[40][41] During March, the Russian advance towards Kyiv stalled. Amidst heavy losses and strong Ukrainian resistance, Russian troops retreated from Kyiv Oblast by 3 April. On 8 April, Russia announced that its forces in southern and eastern Ukraine would be placed under the command of General Aleksandr Dvornikov, and some units withdrawn from northern Ukraine were subsequently redeployed to the Donbas.[42] On 19 April, Russia launched a renewed attack across a 500 kilometres (300 mi) long front extending from Kharkiv to Donetsk and Luhansk, with simultaneous missile attacks directed at Kyiv in the north and Lviv in western Ukraine.[43] By 13 May, Russian forces near Kharkiv had withdrawn following a Ukrainian counter-offensive. By 20 May, Mariupol fell to Russian troops following a prolonged siege of the Azovstal steel works.[44][45]
The invasion has received widespread international condemnation. The United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution condemning the invasion and demanding a full withdrawal of Russian forces.[46] The International Court of Justice ordered Russia to suspend military operations and the Council of Europe expelled Russia. Many countries imposed sanctions on Russia, which have affected the economies of Russia and the world,[47] and provided humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine.[48] Protests occurred around the world; those in Russia were met with mass arrests and increased media censorship,[49][50] including banning the use of the words "war" and "invasion".[37] Numerous companies withdrew their products and services from Russia and Belarus, and Russian state-funded media were banned from broadcasting and removed from online platforms. The International Criminal Court has opened an investigation into crimes against humanity in Ukraine since 2013, as well as war crimes in the 2022 invasion.[51]
Background
Post-Soviet context and Orange Revolution
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After the Soviet Union (USSR) dissolved in 1991, Ukraine and Russia maintained close ties. In 1994, Ukraine agreed to accede to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as a non-nuclear-weapon state, and dismantle the remaining nuclear weapons in Ukraine, left there by the USSR when it dissolved.[52] In return, Russia, the United Kingdom (UK), and the United States (US) agreed to uphold the territorial integrity of Ukraine in the Budapest Memorandum.[53][54] In 1999, Russia signed the Charter for European Security, which "reaffirmed the inherent right of each and every participating State to be free to choose or change its security arrangements, including treaties of alliance".[55]
In the years after the Soviet Union's collapse, several former Eastern Bloc countries joined NATO, partly in response to regional security threats such as the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis, the War in Abkhazia (1992–1993) and the First Chechen War (1994–1996). Russian leaders described this expansion as a violation of Western powers' assurances that NATO would not expand eastward, although any such alleged pledges were made informally, and their nature is disputed.[26][56][57]
In the controversial 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych was declared the president-elect, despite allegations of vote-rigging by election observers.[58][59] During the election campaign, the pro-European integration opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko had been poisoned by TCDD dioxin;[60][61] he later alleged Russian involvement.[62] Following the vote, large peaceful protests successfully challenged the outcome over a two-month period, which became known as the Orange Revolution. After the Supreme Court of Ukraine annulled the initial result due to widespread electoral fraud, a second round re-run was held, bringing Yushchenko to power as president and leaving Yanukovych in opposition.[63][64]
According to analyst Anthony Cordesman, Russian military officers saw the Orange Revolution, and other pro-democracy colour revolutions within the post-Soviet states, as being instigated by Western countries to undermine Russia's national security.[65][66] Russian president Vladimir Putin described the 2011–2013 Russian protests as an attempt to transfer the Orange Revolution to Russia.[67] Rallies in favour of Putin during this period were called "anti-Orange protests".[68]
At the 2008 Bucharest summit, Ukraine and Georgia sought to join NATO. The response of NATO members was divided; Western European countries opposed offering Membership Action Plans (MAP) lest this antagonise Russia, while US president George W. Bush pushed for their admission.[69] NATO ultimately refused to offer Ukraine and Georgia MAPs, but also issued a statement agreeing that "these countries will become members of NATO". Putin voiced strong opposition to Georgia and Ukraine's NATO membership bids.[70] On 7 February 2019, the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, voted to amend the constitution to state that the country's long-term ambition was to join the European Union (EU) and NATO.[71] However, in the months prior to the 2022 invasion, the possibility of Ukraine joining NATO remained remote.[72]
Euromaidan, Revolution of Dignity, and Russian intervention
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Yanukovych ran again for president in the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election,[73] and won.[74] In November 2013, he announced he would not sign the EU–Ukraine Association Agreement, despite overwhelming support for the treaty in the Verkhovna Rada, choosing instead closer ties to Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union.[75] Russia had pressured Ukraine to reject the agreement.[76] This triggered a wave of pro-EU protests known as Euromaidan, which widened in scope to oppose widespread government corruption, police brutality, and repressive anti-protest laws.[77]
In February 2014, clashes in Kyiv between protesters and Berkut special police resulted in the deaths of 100 protesters and 13 policemen; most of the victims were shot by police snipers.[78] On 21 February 2014, Yanukovych and parliamentary opposition leaders signed an agreement calling for an interim government and early elections. Yanukovych fled Kyiv the next day, and later Ukraine;[79] parliament subsequently voted to remove him from office.[80][81][82] Leaders in Russian-speaking eastern Ukraine declared continuing loyalty to Yanukovych,[83] leading to pro-Russian unrest.[84]
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The unrest was followed by Russia's annexation of Crimea in March 2014 and the war in Donbas, which began in April 2014 with the formation of two Russia-backed separatist quasi-states: the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic.[85][86] Russian troops were involved in the conflict.[87][88][89] The Minsk agreements signed in September 2014 and February 2015 were a bid to stop the fighting, but ceasefires repeatedly failed.[90] A dispute emerged over the role of Russia: Normandy Format members France, Germany, and Ukraine saw Minsk as an agreement between Russia and Ukraine, whereas Russia insisted Ukraine should negotiate directly with the two separatist republics.[91][92] In 2021, Putin refused offers from Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy for high-level talks, and the Russian government subsequently endorsed an article by former president Dmitry Medvedev arguing it was pointless to deal with Ukraine while it remained a "vassal" of the US.[93]
The annexation of Crimea led to a new wave of Russian nationalism, with much of the Russian neo-imperial movement aspiring to annex more Ukrainian land, including the unrecognised Novorossiya.[94] Analyst Vladimir Socor argued that Putin's 2014 speech after the annexation of Crimea was a de facto "manifesto of Greater-Russia Irredentism".[95] In July 2021, Putin published an essay titled "On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians", reaffirming that Russians and Ukrainians were "one people".[96]
American historian Timothy D. Snyder described Putin's ideas as imperialism,[97] while British journalist Edward Lucas called it historical revisionism.[98] Other observers saw the Russian leadership as having a distorted view of modern Ukraine and its history.[99][100][101] Ukraine and other European countries neighbouring Russia accused Putin of irredentism, attempts to restore the Soviet Empire, and of pursuing aggressive militaristic policies.[102][103][104]
Prelude
Russian military buildups (March 2021 – February 2022)
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In March and April 2021, Russia began a major military build-up near the Russo-Ukrainian border. It was followed by a second build-up in October 2021 to February 2022 in both Russia and Belarus.[106] During this period, members of the Russian government repeatedly denied having plans to invade or attack Ukraine;[28][107] including government spokesman Dmitry Peskov on 28 November 2021, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on 19 January 2022,[27] Russian ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov on 20 February 2022,[28] and Russian ambassador to the Czech Republic Alexander Zmeevsky on 23 February 2022.[29][108]
Putin's chief national security adviser, Nikolai Patrushev,[109] believed that the West had been in an undeclared war with Russia for years,[110] and was a leading figure behind Russia's updated national security strategy, published in May 2021. It said that Russia may use "forceful methods" to "thwart or avert unfriendly actions that threaten the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Russian Federation".[111][112] The sources say the decision to invade Ukraine was made by Putin and a small group of war hawks in Putin's inner circle, including Patrushev and Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu.[113]
In early December 2021, following Russian denials, the US released intelligence indicating Russian plans to invade, including satellite photographs of Russian troops and equipment near the Russo-Ukrainian border.[114] The intelligence also reported that the Russians had a list of key sites, and of individuals to be killed or neutralised in the invasion.[115] Intelligence reports released by the US continued to accurately predict invasion plans.[115]
Russian accusations and demands
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In the months preceding the invasion, Russian officials accused Ukraine of inciting tensions, Russophobia, and repressing Russian speakers in Ukraine. They also made multiple security demands of Ukraine, NATO, and non-NATO allies in the EU. Commentators and Western officials described these as attempts to justify war.[116][117] "Russophobia is a first step towards genocide", Putin said on 9 December 2021.[118][119] Putin's claims about "de-Nazification" have been described as absurd,[120] and Russian claims of genocide were widely rejected as baseless.[121][122][123] Scholars of genocide and Nazism said that Putin was abusing the term, and his claims were "factually wrong".[124][125][126] Ukrainian president Zelenskyy declared that 16 February, a speculated date for the invasion, would be a "Day of Unity".[127][128]
Putin challenged the legitimacy of the Ukrainian state. In a 21 February speech,[129] he claimed that "Ukraine never had a tradition of genuine statehood",[130] incorrectly described the country as having been created by Soviet Russia,[21] and falsely accused Ukrainian society and government of being dominated by neo-Nazism.[24]
Ukraine, like pro-Russian separatists in Donbas,[131][132][133][134] has a far-right fringe, including the neo-Nazi-linked Azov Battalion and Right Sector,[138] but experts have described Putin's rhetoric as greatly exaggerating the influence of far-right groups within Ukraine; there is no widespread support for the ideology in the government, military, or electorate.[116][24][139] Ukrainian president Zelenskyy, who is Jewish, rebuked Putin's allegations, stating that his grandfather had served in the Soviet army fighting Nazis.[140] The US Holocaust Memorial Museum and Yad Vashem condemned this abuse of Holocaust history and the allusion to Nazi ideology in propaganda.[141][142]
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During the second build-up, Russia demanded that the US and NATO enter into a legally binding arrangement preventing Ukraine from ever joining NATO, and the removal of multinational forces from NATO's Eastern European member states.[144] Russia threatened an unspecified military response if NATO followed an "aggressive line".[145] These demands were widely seen as non-viable; new NATO members in Central and Eastern Europe had joined the alliance because they preferred to move towards the safety and economic opportunities offered by NATO and the EU, and their governments sought protection from Russian irredentism.[146] A formal treaty to preventing Ukraine from joining NATO would contravene the treaty's "open door" policy, despite NATO's unenthusiastic response to Ukrainian requests to join.[147]
Alleged clashes (17–21 February 2022)
Fighting in Donbas escalated after 17 February 2022.[148] Ukraine and the Russian separatists each accused the other of firing across the line of conflict.[149][150] On 18 February, the Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics ordered all civilians to leave their capitals,[151][152][153] although observers noted that full evacuations would take months.[154] Ukrainian media reported a sharp increase in artillery shelling by the Russian-led militants in Donbas as an attempt to provoke the Ukrainian army.[155][156] On 19 February both separatist republics declared full mobilisation.[157]
In the days leading up to the invasion, the Russian government intensified a disinformation campaign intended to mute public criticism. Russian state media promoted fabricated videos (many amateurish)[158][159] that purported to show Ukrainian forces attacking Russians in Donbas; evidence showed that the purported attacks, explosions, and evacuations were staged by Russia.[160] On 21 February, the head of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said that Russian forces had killed five Ukrainian "saboteurs" that had crossed into Russian territory, captured one Ukrainian serviceman and destroyed two armoured vehicles. Ukraine denied this, and warned that Russia sought a pretext for an invasion. The Sunday Times described it as "the first move in Putin's war plan".[161][162]
Escalation (21–23 February 2022)
On 21 February,[163] Putin announced that the Russian government would recognise the Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics.[164] The same evening, Putin ordered Russian troops deployed into Donbas, in what he called a "peacekeeping mission".[165][166] Several members of the UN Security Council condemned the 21 February intervention in Donbas; none voiced support.[167] On 22 February, video footage shot in the early morning showed Russian armed forces and tanks moving in the Donbas region.[168] The Federation Council unanimously authorised the use of military force outside Russia.[169]
Zelenskyy ordered the conscription of army reservists;[170] the following day, Ukraine's parliament proclaimed a 30-day national state of emergency.[171][172][173] Russia evacuated its embassy from Kyiv.[174] DDoS attacks hit the websites of the Ukrainian parliament and executive branch, along with many bank websites.[175] The attack was widely attributed to Russian-backed hackers.[176][177] Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) denied reports of Chinese military espionage on the eve of the invasion, including on nuclear infrastructure.[178][179][180]
On the night of 23 February,[181] Zelenskyy gave a speech in Russian that appealed to Russian citizens to prevent war.[182][183] He refuted Russia's claims about neo-Nazis in the Ukrainian government and said that he had no intention of attacking the Donbas.[184] Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on 23 February that separatist leaders in Donetsk and Luhansk had sent Putin a letter saying that Ukrainian shelling had caused civilian deaths and appealing for military support from Russia.[185]
Ukraine requested an urgent UN Security Council meeting.[186][187] Half an hour into the emergency meeting, Putin announced the start of military operations in Ukraine. Sergiy Kyslytsya, the Ukrainian representative, called on the Russian representative, Vasily Nebenzya, to "do everything possible to stop the war" or relinquish his position as president of the UN Security Council; Nebenzya refused.[188][189]
Declaration of military operations
On 24 February, Putin announced a "special military operation" in eastern Ukraine and "effectively declared war on Ukraine."[190][191] In his speech, Putin said there were no plans to occupy Ukrainian territory and that he supported the right of the Ukrainian people to self-determination.[192] He said the purpose of the "operation" was to "protect the people" in the predominantly Russian-speaking region of Donbas who, according to him, "for eight years now, [had] been facing humiliation and genocide perpetrated by the Kyiv regime".[193]
Putin said that Russia sought the "demilitarisation and denazification" of Ukraine.[194] Within minutes of Putin's announcement, explosions were reported in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odessa, and the Donbas region.[195] An alleged leaked report from within the FSB claimed that the intelligence agency was not warned of Putin's plan to invade Ukraine.[196] Immediately following the attack, Zelenskyy declared martial law in Ukraine.[197] The same evening, he ordered a general mobilisation of all Ukrainian males between 18 and 60 years old[39] who were prohibited from leaving the country.[198] Russian troops entered Ukraine from the north in Belarus (towards Kyiv); from the northeast in Russia (towards Kharkiv); from the east in the DPR and the Luhansk People's Republic; and from the south in Crimea.[199] Russian equipment and vehicles were marked with a white Z military symbol (a non-Cyrillic letter), believed to be a measure to prevent friendly fire.[106]
Invasion and resistance
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The invasion began on 24 February after Putin declared his intended military intervention.[190] The full military operation consisted of infantry divisions supported by armoured units and air support in Eastern Ukraine, along with dozens of missile attacks across both Eastern Ukraine and Western Ukraine.[200][201] Ostensibly, the main infantry and tank division attacks were launched at four spearhead incursions, creating a Northern front (launched towards Kyiv), a Southern front (originating in Crimea), a Southeastern front (launched at the cities of Luhansk and Donbas), and an Eastern front.[40][41] An extensive missile bombardment campaign was also conducted with dozens of missile strikes across Ukraine, reaching as far west as Lviv.[202][203]
On 25 March, the Russian Defence Ministry announced the "first stage" of what they referred as the "military operation in Ukraine" was generally complete, with Ukrainian military forces suffering serious losses, and the Russian military would now be concentrating on the "liberation of Donbas".[204][205] The "first stage" of the invasion was conducted on four fronts[206][207] including one along an axis towards western Kyiv from Belarus (a northern front), conducted by the Russian Eastern Military District, comprising the 29th, 35th, and 36th Combined Arms Armies. A second axis deployed towards eastern Kyiv from Russia by the Central Military District (a northeastern front), comprising the 41st Combined Arms Army and 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army. A third axis deployed towards Kharkiv by the Western Military District (an eastern front), with the 1st Guards Tank Army and 20th Combined Arms Army. A fourth southern front (originating in occupied Crimea and Russia's Rostov oblast) with an eastern axis towards Odessa and a western area of operations toward Mariupol, by the Southern Military District, including the 58th, 49th, and 8th Combined Arms Army, the latter also commanding the 1st and 2nd Army Corps of the Russian separatist forces in Donbas[208]
By 7 April, Russian troops deployed to the Northern front conducted by the Russian Eastern Military District, comprising the 29th, 35th, and 36th Combined Arms Armies, were retracted from the Kyiv offensive for apparent resupply and subsequent redeployment to the Donbas region to reinforce the southern and the eastern fronts for a renewed invasion front of southeastern Ukraine. The Northeastern front including the Central Military District, comprising the 41st Combined Arms Army and 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army, was similarly withdrawn for resupply and redeployment in Southeastern Ukraine.[208][209] By 8 April, General Alexander Dvornikov was placed in charge of military operations during the invasion.[42] On 18 April, retired Lieutenant General Douglas Lute, the former US ambassador to NATO, reported in a PBS NewsHour interview that Russia had repositioned its troops to initiate a new assault on Eastern Ukraine which would be limited to Russia's original deployment of 150,000 to 190,000 troops for the invasion, though the troops were being well supplied by adequate Russian weapons stockpiles stored within Russia. For Lute, this contrasted sharply with the vast size of the Ukrainian troops consisting of Zelenskyy's conscription of all male Ukrainian citizens between 16 and 60 years of age, however without adequate weapons available in Ukraine's highly limited stockpiles of weapons.[210]
On 26 April, delegates of the USA along with 40 allied nations met at Ramstein Air Base in Germany to discuss forming a sustained coalition to provide economic support along with military supplies and refitting to Ukraine for its battle and possible counter-offensive against Russia.[211] On 27 April, Putin announced in Russian's main legislative assembly that Russia would respond to any combative military provocation from outside of Ukraine with prompt peremptory action possible only with Russian's unique arsenal of nuclear weapons.[212] Following Putin's Victory Day speech in early May, Avril Haines of Biden's Cabinet stated the geopolitical expectation that no short term resolution to the Russian invasion of Ukraine should be expected and to prepare for a protracted conflict lasting beyond several more months in Ukraine.[213] By 30 May, disparities between Russian and Ukrainian artillery were apparent with Russian artillery having longer range, as well as other military disparities.[214] Russian forces have shown a greater focus on protecting their supply lines by using slower, more methodical advances. They have also benefited from centralized command under General Dvornikov being placed in overall command of Russian forces in the Ukrainian campaign. [215] Ukraine's reliance on Western supplied equipment is also constrained as Western countries fear it may be used to hit targets in Russia.[216] Military experts are split on the question of the future of the conflict with some who have suggested trading territory for peace,[217] while others believe that Ukraine can sustain their resistance to the invasion, due to the Russian losses.[218]
First phase: Invasion of Ukraine (24 February to 7 April)
At the start of the invasion on 24 February, the northern front was launched out of Belarus and targeted Kyiv with a northeastern front launched at the city of Kharkiv; the southeastern front was conducted as two separate spearhead fronts including a southern front (originating in Crimea) and a separate probative southeastern front (launched at the cities of Luhansk and Donetsk).[40][41]
First phase – Northern front
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Russian efforts to capture Kyiv included a main probative spearhead front striking south from Belarus on 24 February along the west bank of the Dnipro River, with the apparent aim of encircling the city from the west; the probative spearhead front was fully retracted by 7 April for resupply and redeployment for the active southeastern fronts of the second phase of the Russian invasion.[209] The spearhead front initiated on 24 February for Kyiv was supported by two separate axes of attack from Russia along the east bank of the Dnipro: the western at Chernihiv, and the eastern at Sumy. The eastern axes of attack likely intended to encircle Kyiv from the northeast and east.[201][200]
On the first day of the invasion, Russian forces advancing towards Kyiv from Belarus gained control of the ghost towns of Chernobyl and Pripyat.[219][220] Following their breakthrough at Chernobyl, Russian forces were held at Ivankiv, a northern suburb of Kyiv. Russian Airborne Forces attempted to seize two key airfields around Kyiv, launching an airborne assault on Antonov Airport,[221][222] followed by a similar landing at Vasylkiv, near Vasylkiv Air Base to the south of Kyiv, on 26 February.[223][224]
These attacks appeared to have been an attempt by Russia to seize Kyiv rapidly, with Spetsnaz infiltrating into the city supported by airborne operations and a rapid mechanised advance from the north. The attacks were unsuccessful.[225] During its initial assaults on Kyiv, Russia reportedly made several attempts to assassinate Volodymyr Zelenskyy using Wagner Group mercenaries and Chechen forces. The Ukrainian government said these efforts had been partially thwarted by anti-war officials within Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), who shared intelligence of the plans.[226]
By early March, further Russian advances along the west side of the Dnipro were limited, after suffering setbacks from Ukrainian defence.[201][200] As of 5 March, a large Russian convoy, reportedly 64 kilometres (40 mi) in length, had made little progress toward Kyiv.[227] The London-based think tank Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) assessed the Russian performance from the north and east as "stalled".[228] Advances along the Chernihiv axis had largely halted as a siege of the city began. Russian forces also continued advancing from the northwest of Kyiv, capturing Bucha, Hostomel, and Vorzel by 5 March,[229][230] though Irpin remained contested as of 9 March.[231] By 11 March, it was reported that the lengthy convoy had largely dispersed, taking up positions that offered tree cover. Rocket launchers were also identified.[232] On 16 March, Ukrainian forces began a counter-offensive to repel Russian forces approaching Kyiv from several surrounding cities.[233]
By 20 March, the Russian military appeared to be attempting a rapid invasion to achieve its apparent primary goal of the seizure of Kyiv, along with the occupation of Eastern Ukraine and the displacement of the Ukrainian government. Russian forces quickly became stalled while approaching Kyiv due to several factors, including the disparity in morale and performance between Ukrainian and Russian forces, the Ukrainian use of sophisticated man-portable weapons provided by Western allies, poor Russian logistics and equipment performance, the failure of the Russian Air Force to achieve air superiority, and Russian military attrition during their siege of major cities.[234][235][236] Unable to achieve a quick victory in Kyiv, Russian forces switched strategies and began using standoff weapons, indiscriminate bombing, and siege warfare.[234][237][238]
On 25 March, the Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kyiv retook several towns to the east and west of Kyiv, including Makariv.[239][240] As part of a general retreat of Russian forces north of Kyiv, under attack by the Ukrainian military, Russian troops in the Bucha area began to retreat north at the end of March. Ukrainian forces entered the city on 1 April.[241] Ukraine said it had recaptured the entire region around Kyiv, including Irpin, Bucha, and Hostomel, by 2 April, and uncovered evidence of war crimes in Bucha.[242] On 6 April, NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg said that the Russian "retraction, resupply, and redeployment" of their troops from the Kyiv area should be interpreted as an expansion of Putin's plans for his military actions against Ukraine, by redeploying and concentrating his forces on Eastern Ukraine and Mariupol within the next two weeks, as a precursor to the further expansion of Putin's actions against the rest of Ukraine.[209]
As the second phase of the invasion began, Kyiv was left generally free from attack apart from isolated missile strikes, one of which occurred during the 28 April visit of UN Secretary-General Guterres, who met with Zelenskyy to discuss the fate of survivors at the siege of Mariupol.[243]
First phase – Northeastern front
Russian forces advanced into Chernihiv Oblast on 24 February and besieged its administrative capital. The following day, the oblast's second largest city, Konotop, 90 kilometres (56 mi) from the Russian border, was attacked and captured by Russian forces.[244][245] A separate advance was made into Sumy Oblast on the same day, where the city of Sumy, just 35 kilometres (22 mi) from the Russo-Ukrainian border, was attacked by Russian units. The Russian advance was bogged down in urban fighting, and Ukrainian forces were successful in holding the city. According to Ukrainian sources, more than 100 Russian armoured vehicles were destroyed and dozens of soldiers were captured.[246] Okhtyrka also came under attack, where Russian forces were spotted deploying thermobaric weapons.[247]
In an assessment of the campaign on 4 March, Frederick Kagan wrote that the Sumy axis was currently "the most successful and dangerous Russian avenue of advance on Kyiv", and commented that the geography favoured mechanised advances as the terrain "is flat and sparsely populated, offering few good defensive positions".[200] Russian forces made several deep advances along axes from the Sumy area, winning several battles in the process. Travelling along highways, Russian forces reached Brovary, an eastern suburb of Kyiv, on 4 March.[201][200] The Pentagon confirmed on 6 April that the Russian army had left Chernihiv Oblast, while Sumy Oblast remained contested.[248] On 7 April, Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, governor of Sumy Oblast, stated that all Russian troops had left the region, adding that the territory of the region was still unsafe due to rigged explosives and other ammunition left behind by Russian troops.[249]
First phase – Southern front
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On 24 February, Russian forces took control of the North Crimean Canal, allowing Crimea to obtain water from the Dnieper, previously cut off since 2014.[250] On 26 February, a siege of Mariupol began as the attack moved east towards the city, while simultaneously linking the front with separatist-held regions in Donbas.[247][251] En route to Mariupol, Russian forces entered Berdiansk before capturing it the following day.[252] On 1 March, Russian forces resumed their attack on Melitopol and other nearby cities, initiating a battle.[253] Ivan Fedorov, the mayor of Melitopol, later announced that Russian forces had occupied the city.[254] On the morning of 25 February, Russian units from the DPR advanced towards Mariupol were defeated by Ukrainian forces near the village of Pavlopil.[255][256][257] By the evening, the Russian Navy reportedly began an amphibious assault on the coastline of the Sea of Azov 70 kilometres (43 mi) west of Mariupol. A US defence official said that Russian forces might be deploying thousands of marines from this beachhead.[258][259][260]
Another group of Russian forces advanced north from Crimea, with the Russian 22nd Army Corps approaching the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on 26 February.[261][262] On 28 February, they began a siege at Enerhodar in an attempt to take control of the nuclear power plant.[263] A fire began at the plant during the battle.[264] The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) subsequently said that essential equipment was undamaged.[265] By 4 March, the nuclear power plant fell under Russian control. Despite reports of fires, the power plant recorded no radiation leaks.[266] A third Russian attack group from Crimea moved northwest, where they captured bridges over the Dnieper.[267] On 2 March, Russian troops won a battle at Kherson and captured the city, the first major Ukrainian city to be captured by Russian forces in the invasion.[268] Russian troops then advanced to Mykolaiv and attacked the city two days later, but were later repelled by Ukrainian forces.[269] Also on 2 March, Ukrainian forces initiated a counteroffensive on Horlivka,[270] which had been mainly controlled by the DPR since 2014.[271] Following a renewed missile attack on 14 March in Mariupol, the Ukrainian government claimed more than 2,500 deaths in the city.[272]
By 18 March, Mariupol was completely encircled and fighting reached the city centre, hampering civilian evacuation efforts.[273] On 20 March, an art school in the city, sheltering around 400 people, was destroyed in Russian bombing.[274] The same day, as Russian forces continued their siege of the city, the Russian government demanded a full surrender, which several Ukrainian government officials refused.[40][41] On 24 March, Russian forces entered central Mariupol.[275] The city administration alleged the Russians were trying to demoralise residents by publicly shouting claims of Russian victories, including statements that Odessa had been captured.[276] On 27 March, Ukraine's deputy prime minister, Olha Stefanishyna, stated that "[Mariupol's inhabitants] don't have access to water, to any food supplies, to anything. More than 85 percent of the whole town is destroyed", and that Russia's objectives have "nothing to do with humanity".[277] In a telephone conversation with Emmanuel Macron on 29 March, Putin stated that the bombardment of Mariupol would only end when Ukrainian troops fully surrendered Mariupol, given the advanced state of devastation in the nearly overtaken city.[278]
On 1 April, a rescue effort by the United Nations (UN) to transport hundreds of civilian survivors out of Mariupol with 50 allocated buses was impeded by Russian troops, who refused the buses safe passage into the city while peace talks continued in Istanbul.[279] On 3 April, following the retraction of Russian forces from Kyiv at the end of phase one of the military invasion, Russia expanded its attack on Southern Ukraine further west with increased bombardment and strikes against Odessa, Mykolaiv, and the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.[280][281]
First phase – Eastern front
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In the east, Russian troops attempted to capture Kharkiv, less than 35 kilometres (22 mi) from the Russian border,[282][283] and met strong Ukrainian resistance. On 25 February, the Millerovo air base was attacked by Ukrainian military forces with OTR-21 Tochka missiles. According to Ukrainian officials, these destroyed several Russian Air Force planes and set the airbase on fire.[202][203] On 28 February, Kharkiv was targeted by missile attacks which killed several people.[284] On 1 March, Denis Pushilin, head of the DPR, announced that DPR forces had almost completely surrounded the city of Volnovakha.[285] On 2 March, Russian forces were repelled from Sievierodonetsk during an attack against the city.[286] Izium was reportedly captured by Russian forces on 17 March,[287] although fighting continued.[288]
On 25 March, the Russian defence ministry stated that Russia was preparing to enter the second phase of military operations and seek to occupy major Ukrainian cities in Eastern Ukraine.[289] On 31 March, the Ukrainian military confirmed Izium was under Russian control.[290][291] On 31 March, PBS News reported that Kharkiv had renewed shelling and missile attacks, equal or worse than before, on the day when peace talks were to resume with Russia in Istanbul.[292]
Amid the heightened Russian shelling of Kharkiv on 31 March, Russia reported a helicopter strike against an oil supply depot approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of the border in Belgorod, and accused Ukraine of the attack.[293] Ukraine denied responsibility for the attack.[294] By 7 April, the renewed massing of Russian invasion troops and tank divisions around the towns of Izium, Sloviansk, and Kramatorsk prompted Ukrainian government officials to advise the remaining residents near the eastern border of Ukraine to evacuate to western Ukraine within 2–3 days in the absence of arms and munitions previously promised to Ukraine by then.[295]
Second phase: Southeastern offensive (8 April to present)
On 8 April, the Russian ministry announced that all its troops and divisions deployed in southeastern Ukraine would unite under the command and control of General Aleksandr Dvornikov, who was placed in charge of combined military operations, including the redeployed probative fronts originally assigned to the northern front and the north-eastern front which were subsequently withdrawn and reassigned to the southeastern front.[42] By 17 April, progress on the southeastern front appeared to be impeded by troops continuing to hold out in abandoned factories in Mariupol and refusing surrender to ultimatums from surrounding Russian troops.[296] On 19 April, The New York Times confirmed that Russia had launched a renewed invasion front referred to as an "eastern assault" across a 300-mile (480 km) front extending from Kharkiv to Donetsk and Luhansk, with simultaneous missile attacks again directed at Kyiv in the north and Lviv in Western Ukraine.[43] As of 30 April, a NATO official described Russian advances as "uneven" and "minor".[297] An anonymous US Defence Official called the Russian offensive: "very tepid", "minimal at best" and "anaemic".[298]
Second phase – Donbas front
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A Russian missile attack on Kramatorsk railway station in the city of Kramatorsk took place on 8 April, reportedly killing at least 52.[299] and injuring 87 to 300.[300] On 11 April, Zelenskyy said that Ukraine expected a major new Russian offensive in the east.[301] American officials said that Russia had withdrawn or been repulsed elsewhere in Ukraine, and therefore was preparing a retraction, resupply, and redeployment of infantry and tank divisions to the Southeastern Ukraine front.[302][303] Military satellites photographed extensive Russian convoys of infantry and mechanised units deploying south from Kharkiv to Izium on 11 April, apparently part of the planned Russian redeployment of its Northeastern troops to the Southeastern front of the invasion.[304]
On 14 April, Ukrainian troops reportedly blew up a bridge between Kharkiv and Izium used by Russian forces to redeploy troops to Izium, impeding the progress of the Russian convoy.[305] On 18 April, with Mariupol almost entirely overtaken by Russian forces, the Ukrainian government announced that the second phase of the reinforced invasion of the Donetsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv regions had intensified with expanded invasion forces by the Russians to continue further occupation of the Donbas and other major cities.[306] On 5 May, David Axe writing for Forbes stated that the Ukrainian army had concentrated its 4th and 17th Tank Brigades and the 95th Air Assault Brigade around Izium for possible rearguard action against the deployed Russian troops in the area; Axe added that the other major concentration of Ukraine's forces around Kharkiv included the 92nd and 93rd Mechanized Brigades which could similarly be deployed for rearguard action against Russian troops around Kharkiv or link up with Ukrainian troops contemporaneously being deployed around Izium.[307]
On 13 May, BBC reported that Russian troops in Kharkiv were being retracted and redeployed to other fronts in Ukraine following the advances of Ukrainian troops into surrounding cities and Kharkiv itself, which included the destruction of strategic pontoon bridges built by Russian troops to cross over the Seversky Donets river and previously used for rapid tank deployment in the region.[308] On 22 May, the BBC reported that after the fall of Mariupol, Russia had intensified offensives in Luhansk and Donetsk while concentrating missile attacks and intense artillery fire on Severodonetsk, the largest city under Ukrainian control in Luhansk province.[309] On 23 May, Russian forces were reported entering the city of Lyman, fully capturing the city by 26 May.[310][311] Ukrainian forces were reported leaving Sviatohirsk.[312] By 24 May, Russian forces captured the city of Svitlodarsk.[313] On 30 May, Reuters reported that Russian troops had breeched the outskirts of the city of Severodonetsk.[314]
Second phase – Mykolaiv–Odessa front
Missile attacks and bombardment of the key cities of Mykolaiv and Odessa continued as the second phase of the invasion began.[43] On 22 April, Russia's Brigadier General Rustam Minnekayev, speaking during a defence ministry meeting, indicated that Russia would plan to extend its Mykolayiv–Odessa front after the siege of Mariupol further west into Ukraine in order to include the breakaway region of Transnistria on the border of Ukraine with Moldova.[315][316] The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine replied to this announcement by describing Russia's intentions as imperialism, saying that it contradicted previous Russian claims that Russia did not have territorial ambitions over Ukraine and that Russia had admitted that "the goal of the 'second phase' of the war is not victory over the mythical Nazis, but simply the occupation of eastern and southern Ukraine".[315] Georgi Gotev, writing for Reuters on 22 April, noted that the extension of Russia's battlefront and occupation of Ukraine from Odessa to Transnistria would transform Ukraine into a landlocked nation without any practical access to the Black Sea.[317] On 24 April, Russia resumed its missile strikes on Odessa destroying military facilities and causing two dozen civilian casualties.[318]
On 27 April, Ukrainian sources indicated that explosions had destroyed two Russian broadcast towers in Transnistria, which were used primarily to rebroadcast Russian television programming.[319] At the end of April, Russia renewed missile attacks on runways in Odessa, destroying some of them, in a further attempt to weaken Ukraine's transportation infrastructure.[320] During the week of 10 May, Ukrainian troops began to take military action to dislodge Russian forces installing themselves on Snake Island in the Black Sea approximately 200 km from Odessa.[321]
Second phase – Dnipro–Zaporizhzhia front
Russian forces continued to fire missiles and drop bombs on the key cities of Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia at the start of the second phase of the invasion.[43] On 10 April, Russian missiles destroyed the Dnipro International Airport.[322][323] On 2 May about 100 survivors were reportedly evacuated from the siege at Mariupol by the UN, with the cooperation of Russian troops, to the village of Bezimenne near Donetsk, from where they were to be moved to Zaporizhzhia.[324]
Second phase – Fall of Mariupol: 8 April to 20 May
On 13 April, Russian forces intensified their attack on the abandoned steel factory at the Azovstal iron and steel works in Mariupol, and the Ukrainian defence forces that remained there.[325] By 17 April, Russian forces had surrounded the factory. Ukrainian prime minister Denys Shmyhal said that the Ukrainian soldiers had vowed to ignore the renewed ultimatum to surrender and to fight to the last soul.[326] On 20 April, Putin said that the Siege of Mariupol could be considered tactically complete, with about 500 Ukrainian troops entrenched in bunkers within the Azovstal iron works with an estimated 1,000 Ukrainian citizens completely sealed off from any type of relief in their siege.[327]
After meeting with Putin and Zelenskyy on consecutive days, on 28 April UN secretary Guterres said he would attempt to organise an emergency evacuation of survivors entrenched in Azovstal in accordance with assurances he had received from Putin on his visit to the Kremlin.[328] On 30 April, Russian troops allowed civilians to leave under UN protection.[329] By 3 May, after allowing approximately 100 Ukrainian civilians to depart from the Azovstal steel factory, Russian troops renewed a non-stop bombardment of the steel factory, with an estimated several hundred civilians still occupying its five bunkers built to withstand a nuclear attack.[330] On 6 May, The Telegraph reported that Russia had used thermobaric bombs against the remaining Ukrainian soldiers, who had lost contact with the Kyiv government; in his last communications, Zelenskyy had authorised the commander of the besieged steel factory to surrender as necessary under the pressure of increased Russian attacks.[331] On 7 May, the Associated Press reported that all civilians were evacuated from the Azovstal steel works at the end of the three-day ceasefire.[332]
After the last civilians evacuated from the Azovstal bunkers, nearly two thousand Ukrainian soldiers remained barricaded there, with 700 injured; they were able to communicate a plea for a military corridor to evacuate troops, as they expected summary execution by Russian troops if they surrendered.[333] Reports of dissent within the Ukrainian troops at Azovstal were reported by Ukrainskaya Pravda on 8 May indicating that the commander of the Ukrainian Marines assigned to defend the Azovstal bunkers made an unauthorised acquisition of tanks, munitions and personnel to make a breakout from the entrenched position there and flee from the city; the remaining soldiers spoke of a weakening of their defensive position in Azovstal as a result, allowing progress to advancing Russian lines of attack.[334] Bloomberg News reported on 8 May the dire situation of surviving Ukrainian troops at Azovstal as being a watch of "dead men" with Ilia Somolienko, deputy commander of the remaining Ukrainian troops barricaded at Azovstal, communicating: "We are basically here dead men. Most of us know this and it's why we fight so fearlessly."[335]
On 16 May, the Ukrainian General staff announced that the Mariupol garrison had "fulfilled its combat mission" and that final evacuations from the Azovstal steel factory had begun. The military said that 264 service members were evacuated to Olenivka under Russian control, while 53 of them who were "seriously injured" had been taken to a hospital in Novoazovsk also controlled by Russian forces.[336][337] Following the evacuation of Ukrainian personnel from Azovstal, Russian and DPR forces fully controlled all areas of Mariupol. The end of the battle also brought an end to the Siege of Mariupol. Russia press secretary Dmitry Peskov said Russian President Vladimir Putin had guaranteed that the fighters who surrendered would be treated "in accordance with international standards" while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an address that "the work of bringing the boys home continues, and this work needs delicacy — and time". Some prominent Russian lawmakers called on the government to deny prisoner exchanges for members of the Azov Regiment.[338]
Western Ukraine
On 14 March, Russian forces conducted multiple cruise missile attacks on a military training facility in Yavoriv, Lviv Oblast, close to the Polish border. Local governor Maksym Kozytskyy reported that at least 35 people had been killed in the attacks.[339][340] On 18 March, Russia expanded the attack to Lviv, with Ukrainian military officials saying initial information suggested that the missiles which hit Lviv were likely air-launched cruise missiles originating from warplanes flying over the Black Sea.[341] On 16 May, US defense officials say that in the past 24 hours Russians fired long range missiles targeting military training facility near Lviv.[342]
Air warfare
On 24 February, Russian forces attacked the Chuhuiv air base,[343] which housed Bayraktar TB2 drones. The attack caused damage to fuel storage areas and infrastructure.[344] The next day, Ukrainian forces attacked the Millerovo air base.[202][203] On 27 February, Russia reportedly fired 9K720 Iskander missiles from Belarus at the civilian Zhytomyr Airport.[345][346] Many Ukrainian air defence facilities were destroyed or damaged in the first days of the invasion by Russian air strikes.[347] Overall, in the opening days of the conflict, Russia fired large numbers of both cruise and ballistic missiles at the principal Ukrainian ground-based early warning radars, thereby blinding the Ukrainian Air Force to their air activity. Additionally, some operating surfaces were cratered at the major Ukrainian air bases, hindering Ukrainian aircraft movements. Lastly, several Ukrainian long-range S-300P surface-to-air missile batteries were destroyed.[348]
On 1 March, Russia and the US established a deconfliction line to avoid any misunderstanding that could cause an unintentional escalation.[349]
Russia lost at least ten aircraft on 5 March.[350] On 6 March, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that 88 Russian aircraft had been destroyed since the war began.[351] However, an anonymous senior US defence official told Reuters on 7 March that Russia still had the "vast majority" of its fighter jets and helicopters that had been amassed near Ukraine available to fly.[352] After the first month of the invasion, Justin Bronk, a British military observer, counted the Russian aircraft losses at 15 fixed-wing aircraft and 35 helicopters, but noted that the true total was certainly higher.[353] In contrast, according to the United States, 49 Ukrainian fighter aircraft were lost by 18 March.[354]
On 11 March, US officials claimed that Russian aircraft launch up to 200 sorties a day, most not entering Ukrainian airspace, instead staying in Russian airspace.[355]
On 13 March, Russian forces conducted multiple cruise missile attacks on a military training facility in Yavoriv, Lviv Oblast, close to the Polish border. Local governor Maksym Kozytskyy reported that at least 35 people had been killed in the attacks.[356][357] The poor performance of the Russian Air Force has been attributed by The Economist to Russia's inability to suppress Ukraine's medium-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) batteries and Russia's lack of precision-guided bombs. Ukrainian mid-range SAM sites force planes to fly low, making them vulnerable to Stinger and other shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles, and lack of training and flight hours for Russian pilots renders them inexperienced for the type of close ground support missions typical of modern air forces.[358] On 5 May, Forbes magazine reported that Russians had continued air attacks and "continue to send Su-24 and Su-25 attack planes on treetop-level bombing runs targeting Ukrainian positions."[359]
Naval warfare
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Ukraine lies on the Black Sea, which only has access through the Turkish-held Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits. On 28 February, Turkey invoked the 1936 Montreux Convention and sealed off the straits to Russian warships not registered to Black Sea home bases and not returning to their ports of origin. This prevented the passage of four Russian naval vessels through the Turkish Straits.[360][361][362] On 24 February, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine announced that an attack on Snake Island by Russian Navy ships had begun.[363] The guided missile cruiser Moskva and patrol boat Vasily Bykov bombarded the island with their deck guns.[364] When the Russian warship identified itself and instructed the Ukrainian soldiers stationed on the island to surrender, their response was "Russian warship, go fuck yourself!"[365][366] After the bombardment, a detachment of Russian soldiers landed and took control of Snake Island.[367]
Russia stated on 26 February that US drones supplied intelligence to the Ukrainian navy to help target Russian warships in the Black Sea, which the US denied.[368] By 3 March, the Ukrainian frigate Hetman Sahaidachny, the flagship of the Ukrainian navy, was scuttled in Mykolaiv to prevent its capture by Russian forces.[369][370][371][372] On 14 March, the Russian source RT reported that the Russian Armed Forces had captured about a dozen Ukrainian ships in Berdiansk, including the Polnocny-class landing ship Yuri Olefirenko.[373] On 24 March, Ukrainian officials said that a Russian landing ship docked in Berdiansk – initially reported to be the Orsk and then its sister ship, the Saratov – was destroyed by a Ukrainian rocket attack.[374][240][252]
In March 2022, the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) sought to create a safe sea corridor for commercial vessels to leave Ukrainian ports.[375] On 27 March, Russia established a sea corridor 80 miles long and 3 miles wide through its Maritime Exclusion Zone, for the transit of merchant vessels from the edge of Ukrainian territorial waters southeast of Odesa.[376] Ukraine closed its ports at MARSEC level 3, with sea mines laid in port approaches, until the end to hostilities.[377]
The Russian cruiser Moskva, the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet, was, according to Ukrainian sources and a US senior official,[378] hit on 13 April by two Ukrainian Neptune anti-ship cruise missiles, setting the ship on fire. The Russian Defence Ministry confirmed the warship had suffered serious damage due to a munition explosion caused by a fire, and said that its entire crew had been evacuated.[379] The Pentagon spokesman John Kirby reported on 14 April that satellite images showed that the Russian warship had suffered a sizeable explosion onboard but was heading to the east for expected repairs and refitting in Sevastopol.[380] Later on the same day, the Russian Ministry of Defence stated that Moskva had sunk while under tow in rough weather.[381] On 15 April, Reuters reported that Russia launched an apparent retaliatory missile strike against the missile factory Luch Design Bureau in Kyiv where the Neptune missiles used in the Moskva attack were manufactured and designed.[382]
In early May, Ukrainian forces launched counterattacks on Snake Island. The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed to have repelled these counterattacks. Ukraine released footage of a Russian Serna-class landing craft located in the Black Sea being destroyed near Snake Island by a Ukrainian drone.[383][384] The same day, a pair of Ukrainian Su-27s conducted a high-speed, low level bombing run on Russian-occupied Snake Island; the attack was captured on film by a Baykar Bayraktar TB2 drone.[385]
Potential Russian use of tactical nuclear weapons
On 14 April, The New York Times reported that William Burns of the CIA had announced that the threat of using tactical nuclear weapons was within the weapons capacity of Russia, stating: "The director of the C.I.A. said on Thursday that 'potential desperation' to extract the semblance of a victory in Ukraine could tempt President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to order the use of a tactical or low-yield nuclear weapon."[386] On 22 April, it was reported that Russia was continuing to test its Satan 2 long-range intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) to upgrade its nuclear arsenal in Autumn of 2022 with Putin stating that other nations should be more wary of Russia's nuclear arsenal.[387] On 24 April, in apparent response to Biden sending Antony Blinken to Kyiv for military support meetings with Zelenskyy on 23 April, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated that further support of Ukraine could cause tensions which could potentially lead to a World War III scenario involving Russia's full arsenal of weapons.[388] The next day after Lavrov's comments, CNBC reported that Secretary Lloyd Austin referred to Russia's nuclear war rhetoric as being "dangerous and unhelpful".[389]
In response to Russia's apparent disregard of safety precautions during the invasion of Ukraine's nuclear power plant at Zaporizhzhia and its disabled former nuclear power plant at Chernobyl, on 26 April Zelenskyy voiced concern that Russian irresponsibility in firing their missiles in the vicinity of Ukraine's active nuclear power plant should lead to international discussion directed toward limiting and controlling Russia as a nation no longer being qualified for the responsible management of its nuclear resources and nuclear weapons stating: "I believe that after all that the Russian military has done in the Chernobyl zone and at the Zaporizhzhia power plant, no one in the world can feel safe knowing how many nuclear facilities, nuclear weapons and related technologies the Russian state has... If Russia has forgotten what Chernobyl is, it means that global control over Russia's nuclear facilities, and nuclear technology is needed."[390]
In apparent response to Germany deploying armed tanks to Ukraine, Putin announced in Russia's main legislative assembly that Russia would respond to any combative military provocation from outside of Ukraine with prompt peremptory action possible only with Russia's unique arsenal of nuclear weapons.[391] Press secretary John Kirby speaking for the Pentagon, after announcing the successful delivery of a large deployment of M777 howitzer cannons as now being on Ukrainian soil, responded to Putin's assertion of nuclear potency as being against the process of the peaceful resolution of the current conflict in Ukraine.[392] On 4 May, the US Senate held the "Hearing on Nuclear Readiness Amid Russia-Ukraine War" where Admiral Charles A. Richard stated that current nuclear triad defence capabilities in the US were operating at a minimal acceptable level of operational capacity, with Russian stockpiles and Chinese stockpiles currently larger than those of the US.[393] On 6 May, Russian foreign ministry spokesman Alexei Zaitsev stated that Russia would not use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, describing their use as "not applicable to the Russian 'special military operation'".[394]
On 23 May, Boris Bondarev of the Russian diplomatic corps resigned from his position and issued a critique of the invasion, singling out Lavrov's position on the potential use of Russian nuclear arms: "In 18 years, he (Lavrov) went from a professional and educated intellectual … to a person who constantly broadcasts conflicting statements and threatens the world with nuclear weapons!"[395] On 29 May, after repudiating accusations made against Russia regarding atrocities in Bucha, Andrei Kelin in an interview with the BBC tried to walkback earlier Russian comments about the use of nuclear arms by stating that Russian presently had no plans for using them unless Russian sovereignty was found to be in peril.[396]
Popular resistance
Ukrainian civilians resisted the Russian invasion, volunteering for territorial defence units, making Molotov cocktails, donating food, constructing barriers such as Czech hedgehogs,[397] and helping to transport refugees.[398] Responding to a call from Ukraine's transportation agency, Ukravtodor, civilians dismantled or altered road signs, constructed makeshift barriers, and blocked roadways. Social media reports showed spontaneous street protests against Russian forces in occupied settlements, often evolving into verbal altercations and physical standoffs with Russian troops.[399] By the beginning of April, Ukrainian civilians also began organising as guerrillas, mostly in the wooded north and east of the country. The Ukrainian military announced plans to launch a large-scale guerrilla campaign to complement its conventional defence against the Russian invasion.[400]
In some instances, people physically blocked Russian military vehicles, sometimes forcing them to retreat.[399][401][402] The Russian soldiers' response to unarmed civilian resistance varied from reluctance to engage the protesters[399] to firing into the air or directly into crowds.[403] There have been mass detentions of Ukrainian protesters, and Ukrainian media reported forced disappearances, mock executions, hostage-taking, extrajudicial killing, and sexual violence perpetrated by the Russian military.[404] To facilitate Ukrainian attacks, civilians reported Russian military positions via a Telegram chatbot and Diia, a Ukrainian government app previously used by citizens to upload official identity and medical documents. In response, Russian forces began destroying mobile phone network equipment, searching door-to-door for smartphones and computers, and in at least one case killing a civilian found with pictures of Russian tanks.[405]
As of 21 May, Ukraine had 700,000 servicemembers on active duty combatting the Russian invasion.[406]
Foreign military support
Foreign military sales and aid
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Since 2014, the UK, US, EU, and NATO have provided mostly non-lethal military aid to Ukraine.[407] Lethal military support was initially limited, with the US beginning to sell weapons including Javelin anti-tank missiles starting in 2018,[407] and Ukraine agreeing to purchase TB2 combat drones from Turkey in 2019.[408] As Russia built up equipment and troops on Ukraine's borders in January 2022, the US worked with other NATO member states to transfer their US-produced weapons to Ukraine.[409] The UK also began supplying Ukraine with NLAW and Javelin anti-tank weapons.[410] Following the invasion, NATO member states, including Germany, agreed to supply weapons, but NATO as an organisation did not.[48][411][412] NATO and its member states also refused to send troops into Ukraine, or to establish a no fly-zone, fearing this would risk a larger-scale war,[413][414] a decision some experts have labelled as appeasement.[415][416]
On 26 February, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that he had authorised $350 million in lethal military assistance, including anti-armor and anti-aircraft systems.[417][418] The next day the EU stated that it would purchase €450 million (US$502 million) in lethal assistance and an additional €50 million ($56 million) in non-lethal supplies to be supplied to Ukraine, with Poland acting as a distribution hub.[419][420][421] During the first week of the invasion, NATO member states supplied more than 17,000 anti-tank weapons to Ukraine;[422] by mid-March, the number was estimated to be more than 20,000.[423] In three tranches agreed in February, March and April 2022, the European Union committed to €1.5 billion to support the capabilities and resilience of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the protection of the Ukrainian civilian population, under the purview of the European Peace Facility line.[424]
As of 11 April, Ukraine had been provided with approximately 25,000 anti-air and 60,000 anti-tank weapon systems by the US and its allies.[425] The following day, Russia reportedly received anti-tank missiles and RPGs from Iran, supplied through undercover networks via Iraq.[426]
On 26 April, the US convened a conference in which representatives of more than 40 countries met at the Ramstein Air Base to discuss military support for Ukraine.[427]
On 28 April, US President Biden asked Congress for an additional $33 billion to assist Ukraine, including $20 billion to provide weapons to Ukraine.[428] On 5 May, Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced that Ukraine had received more than $12 billion worth of weapons and financial aid from Western countries since the start of Russia's invasion on 24 February.[429] On 10 May, the House passed legislation that would provide $40 billion in new aid to Ukraine.[430] After the legislation was approved by the Senate, Biden signed the legislation on 21 May.[431][432]
Foreign military involvement
Although NATO and the EU have taken a strict policy of 'no boots on the ground' in support against the Russian invasion of Ukraine,[433] Ukraine has actively sought volunteers from other countries. On 1 March, Ukraine temporarily lifted visa requirements for foreign volunteers who wished to join the fight against Russian forces. The move came after Zelenskyy created the International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine and called on volunteers to "join the defence of Ukraine, Europe and the world".[434] Ukraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba stated that as of 6 March, approximately 20,000 foreign nationals from 52 countries have volunteered to fight.[435] Most of these volunteers joined the newly created International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine.[435]
On 3 March, Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov warned that mercenaries are not entitled to protection under the Geneva Conventions, and captured foreign fighters would not be considered prisoners of war, but prosecuted as criminals.[436] Shortly thereafter, however, on 11 March, Moscow announced that 16,000 volunteers from the Middle East were ready to join other pro-Russian foreign fighters alongside the Donbas separatists.[437] A video uploaded online showed armed Central African paramilitaries calling to arms to fight in Ukraine with Russian troops.[438]
Casualties and humanitarian impact
Casualties
Breakdown | Casualties | Time period | Source |
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Civilians | 11,351–27,351+ killed (est.)[e] 4,600 killed (conf.)[439] |
24 February – 28 May 2022 24 February – 23 May 2022 |
Ukrainian government |
603 killed, 1,821 wounded | 17 February – 26 May 2022 | DPR[f] & LPR[442] | |
4,149+ killed, 4,945+ wounded | 24 February – 31 May 2022 | United Nations[443] | |
Ukrainian forces (ZSU, NGU) |
2,500–3,000 killed, 10,000 wounded | 24 February – 15 April 2022 | Ukrainian government[444] |
5,500–11,000 killed, 18,000+ wounded | 24 February – 19 April 2022 | US estimate[445] | |
23,367 killed | 24 February – 16 April 2022 | Russian government[446] | |
Russian forces (RAF, Rosgvardiya, FSB) |
1,351 killed, 3,825 wounded[g] | 24 February – 25 March 2022 | Russian government[448] |
3,052+ killed | 24 February – 29 May 2022 | BBC News Russian[449] | |
Donetsk PR forces | 1,912 killed, 7,919 wounded | 26 February – 26 May 2022 | Donetsk PR[h] |
Luhansk PR forces | 500–600 killed | 24 February – 5 April 2022 | Russian government[i] |
Russian and allied forces (RAF, Rosgvardiya, FSB, PMC Wagner, DPR & LPR) |
15,000 killed, 40,000 wounded | 24 February – 1 June 2022 | Western estimate[453] |
30,000 losses[j] | 24 February – 28 May 2022 | Ukrainian government[454] |
Combat deaths can be inferred from a variety of sources, including satellite imagery and video footage of military actions.[459] Both Russian and Ukrainian sources are widely considered to inflate casualty numbers in opposing forces, while downplaying their own losses for the sake of morale. Both sides also tend to be quieter about their own military fatalities, with Russian news outlets having largely stopped reporting the Russian death toll.[460][461][462][463] Russia and Ukraine admitted to suffering "significant" and "considerable" losses, respectively.[462][463] According to BBC News, Ukrainian claims of Russian fatalities were including the injured as well.[455][456] AFP, as well as independent conflict monitors, reported that they had not been able to verify Russian and Ukrainian claims of enemy losses, but suspected they were inflated.[464]
The number of civilian and military deaths is impossible to determine with precision given the fog of war.[465][459] The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) considers the number of civilian casualties to be considerably higher than the figure the United Nations are able to certify.[466]
Prisoners of war
Official statistics and informed estimates about prisoners of war have varied.[467] In the initial stages of the invasion, on 24 February, Oksana Markarova, Ukraine's ambassador to the US, said that a platoon of the 74th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade from Kemerovo Oblast surrendered, saying they were unaware that they had been brought to Ukraine and tasked with killing Ukrainians.[468] Russia claimed to have captured 572 Ukrainian soldiers by 2 March 2022,[469] while Ukraine claimed 562 Russian soldiers were being held as prisoners as of 20 March,[470] with 10 previously reported released in a prisoner exchange for five Ukrainian soldiers and the mayor of Melitopol.[471][472] Subsequently, the first large prisoner exchange took place on 24 March, when 10 Russian and 10 Ukrainian soldiers, as well as 11 Russian and 19 Ukrainian civilian sailors, were exchanged.[473][474] On 1 April 86 Ukrainian servicemen were exchanged[475] for an unknown number of Russian troops.[476]
On 8 March, a Ukrainian defence reporter with The Kyiv Independent announced that the Ukrainian government was working towards having Russian POWs work to help revive the Ukrainian economy, in full compliance with international law.[477] In the first weeks of March, human rights organisations called on the Ukrainian government to uphold the rights of Russian prisoners of war under the Third Geneva Convention and to stop circulating videos of captured Russian soldiers being humiliated or intimidated.[478][479] On 27 March, a video purportedly showing Ukrainian soldiers shooting Russian prisoners in the knees was uploaded on Telegram, prompting concerns about torture and arbitrary executions of prisoners of war.[480][481][482] Another video showing Ukrainian troops killing Russian prisoners was posted on Telegram on 6 April and was verified by The New York Times and by Reuters.[483][484] The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine expressed worries about the treatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war held by forces of Russia and the Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics. Videos showing Ukrainian war prisoners being forced to sing pro-Russian songs or carrying bruises attracted concerns about their treatment.[485]
Refugees
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The war has caused the largest refugee and humanitarian crisis within Europe since the Yugoslav Wars in the 1990s;[486][487] the UN has described it as the fastest-growing such crisis since World War II.[488] As Russia built up military forces along the Ukrainian border, many neighbouring governments and aid organisations prepared for a mass displacement event in the weeks before the invasion. In December 2021, the Ukrainian defence minister estimated that an invasion could force three to five million people to flee their homes.[489]
In the first week of the invasion, the UN reported over a million refugees had fled Ukraine; this subsequently rose to over 6.7 million by 27 May.[15][13] Most refugees were women, children, the elderly, or people with disabilities.[490][491][492] As of 3 May, another 8 million people were displaced inside Ukraine.[493] By 20 March, a total of ten million Ukrainians had fled their homes, making it the fastest-growing refugee crisis in the contemporary era.[494] Most male Ukrainian nationals aged 18 to 60 were denied exit from Ukraine as part of mandatory conscription,[495][496] unless they were responsible for the financial support of three or more children, single fathers, or were the parent/guardian of children with disabilities.[497] Many Ukrainian men, including teenagers, in any case opted to remain in Ukraine to join the resistance.[498]
According to the UN High Commission for Refugees, as of 13 May, there were 3,315,711 refugees in Poland, 901,696 in Romania, 594,664 in Hungary, 461,742 in Moldova, 415,402 in Slovakia, and 27,308 in Belarus, while Russia reported it had received over 800,104 refugees.[499] As of 23 March, over 300,000 refugees had arrived in the Czech Republic.[500] Turkey has been another significant destination, registering more than 58,000 Ukrainian refugees as of 22 March, and more than 85,000 as of 25 April.[501][502][503] The EU invoked the Temporary Protection Directive for the first time in its history, granting Ukrainian refugees the right to live and work in the EU for up to three years.[504]
Ukraine has accused Russia of forcibly moving civilians to "filtration centers" in Russian-held territory and thence to Russia, which Ukrainian sources compared to Soviet-era population transfers and Russian actions in the Chechen War of Independence.[505][506] As of 8 April, Russia claimed to have evacuated about 121,000 Mariupol residents to Russia.[506] RIA Novosti and Ukrainian officials said that thousands were dispatched to various centers in cities in Russia and Russian-occupied Ukraine,[507] from which people were sent to economically depressed regions of Russia.[508] Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov said Russia also plans to build concentration camps for Ukrainians in western Siberia, whose prisoners will be forced to help build new cities.[509][510][k]
On 20 May, NPR reported that, following a significant influx of foreign military equipment into Ukraine, a significant number of refugees are seeking to return to regions of Ukraine which are relatively isolated from the invasion front in southeastern Ukraine.[512]
A second refugee crisis created by the invasion and by the Russian government's suppression of human rights has been the flight of more than 300,000 Russian political refugees and economic migrants, the largest exodus from Russia since the October Revolution of 1917,[513][514] to countries such as the Baltic states, Finland, Georgia, Turkey, and Central Asia.[515][516] By 22 March, it was estimated that between 50,000 and 70,000 high-tech workers had left the country, and that 70,000 to 100,000 more might follow. Fears arose over the effect of this flight of talent on Russian economic development.[517] Some joined the Russian resistance to the Putin regime and sought to help Ukraine,[518] and some faced discrimination for being Russian.[519][520] On 6 May, the Moscow Times, citing data from the FSB, reported that almost four million Russians had left the country, although this figure does not distinguish between emigres and travellers for business or tourism, etc.[521]
Impact on agriculture and food supplies
Ukraine is among the world's top agricultural producers and exporters and is often described as the "bread basket of Europe".[522] During the 2020/21 international wheat marketing season (July–June), it ranked as the sixth largest wheat exporter, accounting for nine percent of world wheat trade.[523] The country is also a major global exporter of maize, barley and rapeseed. In 2020/21, it accounted for 12 percent of global trade in maize and barley and for 14 percent of world rapeseed exports. Its trade share is even greater in the sunflower oil sector, with the country accounting for about 50 percent of world exports in 2020/2021.[523]
Disruptions to the grain and oilseed sectors of Ukraine were thought inevitable. On the eve of the invasion, an estimated 6 million tons of wheat and 15 million tons of corn had been readied for export.[524] According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), this would cause further loss of life and increase humanitarian needs.[525] In addition, potential food and fertiliser export difficulties encountered by the Russian Federation, which is a major exporter of potash, ammonia, urea and other soil nutrients,[526] as a result of economic sanctions could jeopardise the food security of many countries.[525][527] Rising natural gas prices are pushing agricultural fertiliser prices higher, contributing to increasing food prices globally.[528] Particularly vulnerable are those that are highly dependent on Ukraine and the Russian Federation for their food and fertiliser imports.[525] Several of these countries fall into the Least Developed Country (LDC) group, while many others belong to the group of Low-Income Food-Deficit Countries (LIFDCs).[529][530] For example Eritrea sourced 47% of its wheat imports in 2021 from Ukraine. The other 53% came from the Russian Federation. Overall, more than 30 nations depend on Ukraine and Russia for over 30% of their wheat import needs, with many of them located in North Africa, and in Western and Central Asia.[523]
A Russian attack damaged the Kozarovychi Dam , which regulates flow from the Kyiv Reservoir, causing flooding along the Irpin River.[405] A Russian missile attack on Kyiv Dam on the Dnieper River was blocked by Ukrainian defences. A breach could have triggered flooding of parts of Kyiv, damaged downstream dams, and threatened the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.[531] Russian forces blew up the dam on the North Crimean Canal which Ukraine had erected to block water flow to agricultural lands in Crimea seized by Russia in 2014.[531] Russians cut civilian water service as part of the Siege of Mariupol.[531]
The Ukrainian Defence Ministry has accused Russia of stealing "hundreds of thousands of tonnes of grain" from grain elevators and other storage facilities throughout occupied Ukraine, and transporting the grain to occupied ports for use in trade.[532][533] Substantial quantities of farm equipment, combine harvesters and tractors have also been looted from farms and dealerships and transported to Russia, as far as Chechnya in some cases.[524][534] Theft of grain from occupied regions of Ukraine has the potential to intensify food crises, with both the Ukrainian Minister of Agriculture and the U.N. World Food Programme warning that this could worsen the Ukrainian food crisis, and even exacerbate global hunger.[535] On 30 May, Russia claims that it has started exporting last year's grain from Kherson to Russia. They are also working on exporting sunflower seeds. [536] Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said: "If Kyiv solves the problem of demining ports, the Russian Navy will ensure the unimpeded passage of ships with grain to the Mediterranean Sea." [537]
Effects on Russian forces
Several Russian soldiers, captured by Ukrainians forces, claimed that Russian officers killed their wounded.[538] There were also claims that Russian soldiers have killed their commanding officers,[539] and sometimes themselves.[540] For example, Ukrainian intelligence released a phone intercept that it claims is between a soldier and his mother: "I had a commander who shot himself in the leg just to get out of here. And that was in the very beginning [of the war]." In another call, the wife of a soldier tells him to "fall off a tank or something – I don't fucking know! Because you'd be able to go home straight from the hospital."[540] A Russian court revealed that it had dismissed 115 National Guard members for refusing to fight in the invasion.[541]
Some mothers of conscripted Russia soldiers have tried to get them out of Ukraine and returned to Russia. [542] A number of mothers have approached the Soldiers' Mothers Committee, for advice.[543]
Assault on cultural heritage
As of late May, Russian forces had destroyed or damaged 250 museums and institutions in Ukraine. 2,000 art objects are estimated to have been looted, and special squads exist to track down and expropriate antiquities, such as Scythian artifacts from archaeological digs, for their relocation in Russia as part of its patrimony. [544]
Other
Ukraine has a significant fertility tourism service industry which was severely impacted.[545] At the start of the invasion, surrogate mothers were displaced and distressed, requiring evacuation to safe areas.[546] One IVF clinic struggled to obtain enough liquid nitrogen to keep 19,000 embryos and eggs viable.[547]
Peace efforts
Peace talks: First phase of invasion (24 February to 7 April)
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On 28 February, Ukrainian and Russian negotiators began talks in Belarus aimed at a ceasefire and ensuring humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians. After three rounds of talks, no deal was reached.[549] On 5 March, Russia declared a five-and-a-half-hour ceasefire in Mariupol and Volnovakha, to open humanitarian corridors for civilians to evacuate.[550][551] Ukraine blamed Russian forces for repeatedly breaking the ceasefire by shelling the two cities;[552][553] the Russian defence ministry stated the firing came from inside both cities against Russian positions.[553] The International Committee of the Red Cross declared that the effort to evacuate civilians had failed.[554]
On 7 March, as a condition for ending the invasion, the Kremlin demanded Ukraine's neutrality,[555] recognition of Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in 2014, as Russian territory, and recognition of the self-proclaimed separatist republics of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states.[556] The same day, Russia declared a temporary ceasefire in Kyiv, Sumy, and two other cities, starting from 10:30 Moscow Time (UTC+3).[557] On 8 March, Zelenskyy suggested a direct meeting with Putin to end the invasion and expressed willingness to discuss Putin's demands.[558] Zelenskyy said he was ready for dialogue, but "not for capitulation".[559] He proposed a new collective security agreement for Ukraine with the US, Turkey, France, Germany, and Russia as an alternative to the country joining NATO.[560] Zelenskyy's Servant of the People party said that Ukraine would not give up Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk.[561] However, Zelenskyy said that Ukraine was considering giving the Russian language protected minority status.[562]
On 10 March, Foreign Ministers Sergey Lavrov and Dmytro Kuleba met for talks in Antalya, Turkey, with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu as a mediator within the scope of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, in the first high-level contact between the two sides since the beginning of the invasion.[563] On 15 March, during the fourth round of talks, Zelenskyy suggested that Ukraine would accept not pursuing membership of NATO.[564] On 17 March, the Financial Times reported that a 15-point plan negotiated with Russia was identified by Zelenskyy as offering a more "realistic" possibility for ending the war than previous talks.[565] Mykhailo Podolyak, continuing as the chief negotiator for the Ukrainian peace delegation, indicated that peace negotiations of a 15-point plan would involve the retraction of Russian forces from their advanced positions in Ukraine, along with international guarantees for military support and alliance in case of renewed Russian military action, in return for Ukraine not pursuing further affiliation with NATO.[566]
On 17 March, Çavuşoğlu was the first foreign minister to visit Ukraine after the start of the invasion. In a joint meeting with Kuleba, he reiterated support for Ukraine and revealed plans for a collective security agreement for Ukraine involving the US, Russia, UK, France, Germany, and Turkey, and called for leaders of both countries to meet in person, stating that the "hopes for ceasefire have increased".[567] Shortly afterwards, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian reportedly received intelligence that the Russians might be disingenuous and warned that Russia was only "pretending to negotiate", in line with a strategy it has used elsewhere.[568]
On 20 March, Turkish presidential spokesman İbrahim Kalın said the two sides were getting closer on four key issues. He cited Russia's demand for Ukraine to renounce ambitions to join NATO, demilitarisation, what Russia has referred to as "denazification", and the protection of the Russian language in Ukraine, with the issues of Crimea and Donbas being the most pressing of the negotiations.[569] However, that same day, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that no significant progress had been made in peace talks, accusing Ukraine of stalling the talks by making proposals unacceptable for Russia. In response, Ukraine reiterated its willingness to negotiate but stated it would not accept Russian ultimatums.[570] On 22 March, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that "elements of diplomatic progress" were coming into view "on several key issues" and that an immediate cease-fire was possible; he urged the parties involved to cease hostilities immediately and enter into serious negotiations as the war was "unwinnable" on the battlefield.[571]
On 28 March, Zelenskyy confirmed that renewed peace talks with Russia would start in Istanbul on 29 March, to discussing Ukrainian neutrality towards Russia along with the repudiation of any claims for Ukrainian NATO membership in the future.[572] On 29 March, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas indicated agreement with Le Drian that any Russian offers of peaceful negotiation about Ukraine or withdrawal from Kyiv should be met with diplomatic scepticism, based on a history of unreliability by Russia in similar peace negotiations with other countries.[568][573]
Peace talks: Second phase of invasion (8 April to present)
On 11 April, Chancellor of Austria Karl Nehammer visited and spoke with Putin in Moscow in 'very direct, open and hard' talks which were sceptical of the short term peaceful resolution of the invasion.[574] By 26 April, Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres visited Russia to speak with Putin and Lavrov in separate meetings, and afterwards indicated skepticism as to any short term resolution of differences between Russia and Ukraine, largely due to the very different perspectives on the invasion of the two nations.[575] Peace talks and stability of international borders were further discussed in parliament during the week of 9 May within both Sweden and Finland for application to become full members of NATO.[576]
On 15 May, Putin convened the Collective Security Treaty Organization consisting of Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Tajikistan, and Belarus to discuss issues of peace and border security related to Ukraine and NATO.[577] In response to perceived instability of Russia's border with Finland following the application of Finland and Sweden for NATO membership, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that Russia would deploy and station 12 divisions of troops on Russia's border with Finland while cancelling all shipments of oil and natural gas to Finland.[578] On 22 May, while visiting in Japan to discuss cooperative efforts between Japan and the US to assist peaceful resolutions to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Biden stated that current US treaties with Taiwan would see the US providing direct military support to Taiwan in the event of diplomatic or military pressure exerted by China, in contrast to the limits of its financial support of Ukraine resisting Russian military operations.[579]
Zelenskyy denounced suggestions by former US diplomat Henry Kissinger that Ukraine should cede control of Crimea and Donbas to Russia in exchange for peace.[580] On 25 May, Zelenskyy said that Ukraine would not agree to peace until Russia agreed to return Crimea and the Donbas region to Ukraine.[581]
Legal implications
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine was an act of aggression that violated the Charter of the United Nations. In addition, Russia was accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and waging war in violation of international law, indiscriminately attacking densely populated areas and exposing civilians to unnecessary and disproportionate harm.[582][583][584] Russian forces used cluster munitions, repudiated by most states because of their immediate and long-term danger to civilians.[585][586][587] and fired other wide-area explosives like air-dropped bombs, missiles, heavy artillery shells and multiple launch rockets.[585] Ukrainian forces reportedly also fired cluster munition rockets.[588] Russian attacks damaged or destroyed homes, hospitals, schools and kindergartens[585] the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant,[589] and 191 cultural properties such as historic buildings and churches.[590][591] As of 25 March, the attacks had resulted in at least 1,035 civilian deaths and at least 1,650 civilian injuries.[584][585] Russian forces were accused of forcibly deporting thousands of civilians to Russia,[592] sexual assaults,[593] and deliberately killing Ukrainian civilians.[594] When Ukrainian forces recaptured Bucha in late March, evidence emerged of war crimes, including torture and deliberate killings of civilians, including children.[595][596][597]
The invasion also violated the Rome Statute, which created the International Criminal Court and prohibits "the invasion or attack … or any annexation by the use of force". Russia withdrew from the statute in 2016 and does not recognise ICC authority.[598] but thirty-nine member states officially referred the matter to the ICC,[599] and Ukraine accepted ICC jurisdiction in 2014.[600] On 2 March, Karim Ahmad Khan, prosecutor for the ICC, opened a full investigation into past and present allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide committed in Ukraine by any person from 21 November 2013 on.[601] The ICC also set up an online portal for people with evidence to contact investigators, and sent investigators, lawyers and other professionals to Ukraine to collect evidence.[602][603]
On 4 March 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Council created the International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, an independent committee of three human rights experts with a mandate to investigate violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in the invasion.[604][605] In the first month of the invasion, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, deployed by OHCHR, documented arbitrary detentions in Russian-occupied territories of 21 journalists and civil society activists, and 24 public officials and civil servants.[606][585][607] They also expressed concern about reports and videos of ill-treatment, torture, and public humiliation of civilians and prisoners of war in territory controlled by Ukraine, allegedly committed by police officers and territorial defence forces.[585][482] They have been monitoring human rights violations by all parties since 2014, employing nearly 60 UN human rights monitors.
In late March, Prosecutor General of Ukraine Iryna Venediktova stated that Ukrainian prosecutors had collected evidence for 2,500 "possible war crimes cases" and had "several hundred suspects".[608] On 13 May the first war crimes trial began in Kyiv, of a Russian soldier who was ordered to shoot an unarmed civilian.[609]
Ukraine filed a lawsuit at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) accusing Russia of violating the 1948 Genocide Convention, which both Ukraine and Russia had signed, with false claims of genocide as a pretext for the invasion.[610] The International Association of Genocide Scholars supported Ukraine's request that the ICJ direct Russia to halt its offensive in Ukraine. On 16 March, the ICJ ordered Russia to "immediately suspend the military operations" on a 13–2 vote, with the Russian and Chinese judges in opposition.[611][612] The order is binding, but the ICJ has no means of enforcement.[613]
Under international criminal law's principle of universal jurisdiction,[614][615] investigations were opened in Estonia, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.[616][617]
Media depictions
Social media users shared real-time information about the invasion.[618] Depictions of earlier events or other misinformation, sometimes deliberate, were also shared, in addition to authentic first-hand portrayals.[619][620][621] While many outlets tagged these misleading videos and images as false content, other sites did not.[622]
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Putin introduced prison sentences of up to 15 years for publishing "fake news" about Russian military operations,[625] and fines or up to three years prison for calling for sanctions,[626][627][628] prompting most Russian outlets to stop reporting on Ukraine. Russian censor Roskomnadzor ordered media to only use information from Russian state sources,[629] and to describe the war as a "special military operation".[630][631][632][633] Roskomnadzor also restricted access to Facebook,[634] after it refused to stop fact-checking posts by state-owned Zvezda, RIA Novosti, Lenta.ru, and Gazeta.Ru.[635] Pro-Kremlin television pundits like Vladimir Solovyov and Russian state-controlled channels like Russia-24,[636] Russia-1,[637] and Channel One[638] follow the government narrative.[639][640][641] The state-controlled TV where most Russians get their news,[642] presented the invasion as a liberation mission.[643][644] Echo of Moscow closed down,[645] and Roskomnadzor blocked access to BBC News Russian, Voice of America, RFE/RL, Deutsche Welle, and Meduza, as well as Facebook and Twitter.[646][647][648]
Ukrainian propaganda focused on awareness of the war and Ukraine's need for weapons.[649] Official Ukrainian social media accounts targeted recruiting and international aid.[650]
State-controlled media in China saw an opportunity for anti-American propaganda,[651] and along with Cuban state media,[652] amplified false claims of "secret US biolabs".[653] State outlets in Serbia[654] repeated Russian propaganda, as did RT Actualidad in Latin America.[655] The reactions in Iran were mixed with some criticising Russian invasion[656], and some being silent or repeating Russian views [657][658] Pro-government Turkish media blamed NATO and the US for the war.[659] Pro-Fidesz media outlets in Hungary claimed that Ukraine provoked the war by becoming "a military base for America".[660] Vietnam told reporters not to say "invasion", and to minimise coverage.[661] South Africa's African National Congress endorsed the denazification narrative.[662][661] Some Indonesian social media users and academics also spread Russian propaganda.[663][664]
Some criticised the greater emphasis on events in Ukraine than on those in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Iraq, Libya, Palestine, Syria, and Yemen, claiming racial bias and a racial "double standard" when it comes to news reporting.[665][666][667][668]
Sanctions and ramifications
Western countries and others imposed limited sanctions on Russia when it recognised Donbas as an independent nation. When the attack began, many other countries applied sanctions intended to cripple the Russian economy.[669] The sanctions targeted individuals, banks, businesses, monetary exchanges, bank transfers, exports, and imports.[670][671] The sanctions cut major Russian banks from SWIFT, the global messaging network for international payments, but left some limited accessibility to ensure the continued ability to pay for gas shipments.[672] Sanctions also included asset freezes on the Russian Central Bank, which holds $630 billion in foreign-exchange reserves,[673] to prevent it from offsetting the impact of sanctions[674][675] and froze the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.[676] By 1 March, total Russian assets frozen by sanctions amounted to $1 trillion.[677]
Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), warned that the conflict posed a substantial economic risk both regionally and internationally. The IMF could help other countries affected, she said, in addition to the $2.2 billion loan package for Ukraine. David Malpass, president of the World Bank Group, warned of far-reaching economic and social effects, and reported that the bank was preparing options for significant economic and fiscal support to Ukraine and the region.[678] Economic sanctions affected Russia from the first day of the invasion, with its stock market falling by up to 39% (RTS Index). The Russian ruble fell to record lows, and Russians rushed to exchange currency.[679][680][681] Stock exchanges in Moscow and Saint Petersburg closed until at least 18 March,[682] the longest closure in Russia's history.[683] On 26 February, S&P Global Ratings downgraded the Russian government credit rating to "junk", causing funds that require investment-grade bonds to dump Russian debt, making further borrowing very difficult for Russia.[684] On 11 April, S&P Global placed Russia under "selective default" on its foreign debt for insisting on payments in rubles.[685]
The National Bank of Ukraine suspended currency markets, announcing that it would fix the official exchange rate. The central bank also limited cash withdrawals to 100,000 hryvnia a day and prohibited foreign currency withdrawals by the general public. The PFTS Ukraine Stock Exchange on 24 February suspended trading due to the emergency.[686]
On 24 March, Joe Biden's administration issued an executive order, that barred the sale of Russian gold reserves in the international market.[687] Gold has been one of Russia's major avenues to protect its economy from the impact of the sanctions imposed since the 2014 annexation of Crimea.[688] In April 2022, Russia supplied 45% of EU's natural gas imports, earning $900 million a day.[689] Russia is the world's largest exporter of natural gas,[690] grains, and fertilisers, and among the world's largest suppliers of crude oil, coal, steel and metals,[691] including palladium, platinum, gold, cobalt, nickel, and aluminium.[692][693] In May 2022, the European Commission proposed a ban on oil imports from Russia.[694] Due to the sanctions imposed on Russia, Moscow is now looking to capitalize on alternative trade routes as the country has practically broken all logistic corridors for trade.[695]
Reactions
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The invasion received widespread international condemnation from governments and intergovernmental organisations, with reactions including new sanctions imposed on Russia, which triggered widespread economic effects on the Russian and world economies.[47] The European Union financed and delivered military equipment to Ukraine. The bloc also implemented various economic sanctions, including a ban on Russian aircraft using EU airspace,[696] a SWIFT ban on certain Russian banks, and a ban on certain Russian media outlets.[697] Non-government reactions to the invasion included widespread boycotts of Russia and Belarus in the areas of entertainment, media, business, and sport.[698] Many Africans and Middle Easterners working and studying in Ukraine have reported racism at the hands of Ukrainian and other Eastern European countries.[699] The head of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has asked whether or not "the world really gives equal attention to black and white lives". He then proceeded to list other countries and compared them to the coverage of Ukraine, Ethiopia, Yemen, Afghanistan and Syria.[700]
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There were also immediate worldwide protests against the invasion and daily protests in Russia itself.[701] As well as the demonstrations, petitions and open letters were published in opposition to the war, and public figures, both cultural and political, released statements against the war.[702] The protests were met with widespread repression by the Russian authorities. According to OVD-Info, at least 14,906 people were detained from 24 February to 13 March 2022.[703][704] The Russian government cracked down on other forms of opposition to the war, including introducing widespread censorship measures and repression against people who signed anti-war petitions.[705] As well as the protests, there were also reported instances of anti-Russian sentiment and discrimination against the Russian diaspora and Russian-speaking immigrants as a result of the war.[706][707]
In some parts of Ukraine that were newly occupied by Russian armed forces, protests against the occupiers took place.[708][709] In China,[710] India,[711][712] Indonesia,[713] Malaysia[714] and the Arab regions, many social media users showed sympathy for Russian narratives due in part to distrust of US foreign policy.[715] At the end of April, a poll conducted in Russia by the Levada Center concluded the following: "74% of Russians support Russia's invasion in Ukraine and the actions of the Russian military. 19% of respondents said they did not support the actions of the Russian Federation. Meanwhile, 39% of respondents said that they were not following the war in Ukraine."[716] Many respondents in Russia do not want to answer pollsters' questions for fear of negative consequences.[717] When a group of researchers commissioned a survey on Russians' attitudes to the war in Ukraine, 29,400 of the 31,000 people they called refused to answer when they heard the question.[718]
Pope Francis said that NATO may have caused Russia's invasion of Ukraine, because the alliance was "barking" at Russia's door.[719] He also warned that the war in Ukraine was becoming like the Spanish Civil War, in which new and more powerful weapons were tested, such as the Messerschmitt 109 before its use in World War II.[720]
See also
- Control of cities during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- List of military engagements during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- List of Russian generals killed during the 2022 invasion of Ukraine
- List of aircraft losses during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- List of ship losses during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- List of invasions and occupations of Ukraine
- List of interstate wars since 1945
- Post-Soviet conflicts – Armed conflict taking place in former territories of the Soviet Union
- Russo-Georgian War – 2008 conflict between Russia and Georgia
- Transnistria War – 1990–1992 conflict between Moldova and Russian-backed self-proclaimed Transnistria
- List of ongoing armed conflicts
- Second Cold War – Term referring to heightened tensions in the 21st century
- 2022 Russian mystery fires
Notes
- ^ a b The Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic were Russian-controlled puppet states, having declared their independence from Ukraine in May 2014. In 2022 they received international recognition from each other, Russia, Syria and North Korea, and some other partially recognised states. On 30 September 2022, after a referendum, Russia declared it had formally annexed both entities.
- ^ Russian forces were permitted to stage part of the invasion from Belarusian territory.[1][2] Belarusian territory has also been used to launch missiles into Ukraine.[3]
- ^ See § Foreign involvement for more details.
- ^ Including military, paramilitary, and 34,000 separatist militias.
- ^ See table here for a detailed breakdown of civilian deaths by oblast, according to Ukrainian authorities
- ^ The DPR stated 587 of its civilians were killed and 1,797 wounded between 1 January and 26 May 2022,[440] of which 8 died and 23 were wounded between 1 January and 25 February 2022,[441] leaving a total of 579 killed and 1,774 wounded in the period of the Russian invasion.
- ^ Includes only servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces.[447]
- ^ The DPR stated 1,925 of its servicemen were killed and 7,969 wounded between 1 January and 26 May 2022,[450] of which 13 died and 50 were wounded between 1 January and 25 February 2022,[441] leaving a total of 1,912 killed and 7,919 wounded in the period of the Russian invasion.
- ^ Russia stated 1,500 DPR and LPR servicemen were killed 24 Feb.–5 April 2022.[451] Taking into account that officially confirmed DPR losses were 979 killed 26 Feb.–7 April 2022,[452][441] it can be estimated 500–600 LPR servicemen died 24 Feb.–5 April 2022.
- ^ The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine uses the terms "combat losses" and "liquidated".[454] According to the BBC, these figures include wounded soldiers,[455][456] while others interpret the figures to be referring to only those killed.[457][458]
- ^ Most likely, new cities meant new industrial cities in Siberia, the construction plans of which were announced by Shoigu in the fall of 2021.[511]
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In expressing his concerns about the war, Pope Francis mentioned the Spanish Civil War, which became a testing ground for Soviet and Nazi weapons, such as the Messerschmitt 109 fighter and new artillery that would be used in World War II.
Further reading
- Watling, Jack; Reynolds, Nick (22 April 2022). Operation Z: The Death Throes of an Imperial Delusion (PDF) (Report). Royal United Services Institute.
- Smith, Christopher M. (15 March 2022). Ukraine's Revolt, Russia's Revenge. Brookings Institution Press. ISBN 978-0-8157-3925-8. OCLC 1287616684.
- D'Anieri, Paul (31 October 2019). Ukraine and Russia: From Civilized Divorce to Uncivil War. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-48609-5.
- Wood, Elizabeth A.; Pomeranz, William E.; Merry, E. Wayne; Trudolyubov, Maxim (15 December 2015). Roots of Russia's War in Ukraine. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-80138-6. OCLC 1008637056.
- Menon, Rajan; Rumer, Eugene B. (6 February 2015). Conflict in Ukraine: The Unwinding of the Post-Cold War Order. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-53629-5. OCLC 1029335958.
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