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February 16 (Reuters) – of Ukraine As the war’s first anniversary approaches on February 24, after stunning counterattacks forced the Russian invaders into a humiliating retreat on several fronts in the second half of 2022, Moscow of Ukraine returned with small but steady advances in the east.
Below are some of the key events in Europe’s largest conflict since World War II.
INVASION
Russia President Vladimir Putin to disarm the country, purge the “nationalists” and Moscow NATO and Europe In order to stop the provocation of the Union with the support of Kiev, as the West says, to Ukraine “special military ordered to carry out “operation”. They attacked from the north, east and south.
Ukrainians say Putin which was part of the Moscow-led Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991 Russia to subjugate countries such as 1000 per year national aims to erase their identities.
RUSSIA DID NOT TAKE KIEV
A few hours after the invasion Russia landed commandos at Antonov airfield, a cargo base north of Kiev, as part of plans to capture the capital. Within a day, the Ukrainians destroyed the elite Russian paratroopers and destroyed the airstrip. Russian armored columns reached the northern outskirts of Kiev, but they managed a chaotic retreat.
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THE AROUNDS
Russian forces killed at least 441 Ukrainian civilians in the first days of the occupation, including in summary executions that could amount to war crimes, United Nations human rights investigators reported at the end of the year.
on Human Rights Ali The report of the commissariat states that the murders occurred in Chernigov, Sumy and Kyiv provinces, most famously in Bucha, a satellite city of Kyiv, until the withdrawal of Russian forces in early April.
Moscow has repeatedly denied that civilians were targeted in the conflict, claiming that the evidence presented was staged.
RUSSIA IS CHANGING
In March 2022, Russia scaled back its war targets, and in 2014 Moscow-backed separatists rose up. of Ukraine the eastern Donbas region completely “free said that he will pay attention to doing
Russian forces made slow and steady gains during a phase of the conflict that hit both sides hard. Until June Ukraine government every day 10He said that 0-120 soldiers were killed. Russia did not disclose daily losses.
Russian troops Ukraine used superior artillery firepower against his forces. After capturing the cities of Sievierodonetsk and Lisichansk in Donbass Putin On July 4, although the fighting continued, he announced victory in the area.
Two on April 14 Ukraine missile hit the Moskva, the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet and the largest warship sunk in combat in 40 years Kyiv It was a moment that raised the mood.
Siege of Mariupol
In May, the main Black Sea port city of Mariupol was captured after a three-month siege that the Russian Red Cross called “hell”.
On March 1st, the theater where the Ukrainians said the families were sheltering in the basement was destroyed. The word “children” painted on the ground outside could be seen on satellite photos. Kyiv says that Russia bombed him, hundreds of people perished has been Moscow said the incident was staged without providing any evidence.
The siege ended with the surrender of the last Ukrainian defenders holed up inside the huge Azovstal steel plant.
COUNTER ATTACKS ON UKRAINE
As the war continued, USA and Europe It began to give Ukraine more and more powerful and longer-range weapons, and Russia military used sanctions to block his car.
In August, a better-armed Ukraine launched a counterattack from the south around Kherson, Crimea’s only landlocked port, annexed by Russia in 2014 and home to the Black Sea fleet. Kiev has struck Russian supply lines, ammunition depots and even the Saki airbase in Crimea.
In early September, Ukrainian forces recaptured the only rail junction that provided Russia’s regional front line, and the northeast Kharkiv missed out on surprising achievements in his province.
THE RECOVERY OF KHERSON
On November 9, Russia ordered its troops to leave Kherson, the only regional capital it has captured so far during its invasion. Jubilant residents cheered the return of Ukrainian forces, although the city is still under Russian fire. Kherson region was one of the four regions that Putin declared to be part of Russia “forever”.
RAMAT DAM, RUSSIA
Since the last weeks of 2022, Russia has fired multiple missiles at Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, plunging millions of Ukrainians into darkness and cold.
Moscow says it is targeting production capacity vital to Ukraine’s military; Ukraine says that strikes far from the eastern and southern front lines only harm civilians and are tantamount to war crimes.
RUSSIA ON THE BACK
Despite the missile barrage, by the end of 2022 Russia’s occupation was clearly weakening, and it had deployed some 300,000 reservists to consolidate its grip on the occupied territory, which is about a fifth of Ukraine. military enlisted. Military experts, who once doubted that Kiev could hold out for more than a few days, debated whether it would win the war completely.
NEW RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE TAKES SHAPE
After months of static artillery battles and trench warfare in which the front lines barely retreated, the Russian forces, reinforced by tens of thousands of new recruits and crack Wagnerian mercenaries, january began to advance again in the month.
On January 13, Russia announced the capture of the salt mining town of Soledar in eastern Donetsk province, with Wagner fighters playing a key role in Moscow’s first notable combat success in half a year.
Russia is now focusing its artillery and ground attack on the nearby town of Bakhmut, now devastated by months of bombardment and turning the pre-war town of 70,000 into a virtual ghost town.
From 7 February to 12 February, Wagner’s forces advanced a few km (1–2 mi) around Bachmut to the north and began encircling it – a rapid boost in a battle where the front line had been frozen for months.
President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky on February 14, he said that Kyiv NATOBefore getting the modern battle tanks and other potentially game-changing heavy weapons it seeks from other Western supporters.
Ukraine uses missiles faster than the West can and NATO has begun discussing the demand for fighter jets and long-range missiles, along with promised tanks, for an offensive expected to begin in the spring.
This week, when NATO defense chiefs meet in Brussels for more talksZelensky said: “That’s why speed is the key.”
Written by Peter Graff and Mark Heinrich; Edited by Tomasz Janowski
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2023-02-16 11:05:26
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