Concerned about the situation in Russia and Ukraine, cherishing peace,
The Ukrainian conflict was a demonstration movement that evolved by pro-American forces in Ukraine, behind the backing of the U.S. government, and later fled to Russia through street protests and the defection of the Ukrainian military to Russia, which was pro-Russian President Yanukovych, who was pro-Russian by Russia.
In April 2014, large-scale clashes between Ukrainian government forces and civilian armed forces broke out in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine. Through the mediation of the international community, the two parties to the conflict reached ceasefire agreements in Minsk in September 2014 and February 2015 respectively, defining the ceasefire line. Since then, large-scale armed conflicts have been brought under control, but small-scale firefights continue to occur from time to time.
Since February 17, 2022, the situation in eastern Ukraine has deteriorated, with the Ukrainian government and local civilian armed forces accusing each other of launching provocative shelling along the contact line. On February 18, civilian armed forces in eastern Ukraine announced that due to the danger of a military operation launched by Ukraine, a large-scale concentration of local residents would be evacuated to Russia from now on. On February 24, local time, the Ukrainian administration announced the closure of the national airspace. On February 24, local time, Ukrainian President Zelenskiy said that the whole territory of Ukraine will enter a wartime state. On February 24, local time, Ukrainian President Zelenskiy said that the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine has entered a state of emergency operation and has mobilized all military forces and special forces. On February 24, Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of the Russian State Duma (the lower house of parliament), said that Russia intends to completely "demilitarize" Ukraine.
In the early morning of February 24, 2022 local time, the Russian side launched a special military operation in the Donbass region. As of about 8 p.m. local time on February 24, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the Russian armed forces successfully completed all the tasks set on the 24th.
On February 24, 2022, Podolyak, an adviser to the Office of the President of Ukraine, posted on social media that the Ukrainian army had lost control of the Chernobyl nuclear facility.
On February 24, 2022, Daniel Menshikov, a senior official of the customs department in Lviv, Ukraine, said in a Facebook post that male citizens of Ukraine aged 18 to 60 will be barred from leaving Ukraine due to its wartime state.
On February 25, 2022 (local time), Ukrainian Defense Minister Reznikov said that 18,000 submachine guns and corresponding quantities of ammunition had been distributed in the City of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine.
On February 25, 2022 local time, the Russian Defense Ministry said that the Russian army has taken control of the Ukrainian city of Melitopol. The Russian Defense Ministry said that after the Russian army landed on the coast near Melitopol on the evening of the 25th, it did not encounter any resistance to enter the city.
On February 26, 2022, Mikhailo Podolyak, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, said at a press conference that the negotiation process will be decided tonight (26th), and in this process, the position will be decided by Ukraine. The Russian Satellite News Agency reported on February 26 that the Russian Defense Ministry said that Russian troops destroyed 821 Ukrainian military targets. According to CCTV news, as of the 26th local time, 19 federal entities in Russia received a total of 118,000 residents evacuated from Donbas to Russia.
On the evening of February 26, 2022, local time, the Russian Defense Ministry issued a statement saying that a formation of 16 speedboats of the Ukrainian Navy launched an attack on the Russian fleet that was evacuating 82 Ukrainian surrender soldiers from Snake Island on the 25th. The Russian side determined that the purpose of the Ukrainian action was to "retaliate" for the soldiers who had surrendered, and used this to accuse Russia of killing prisoners of war. At present, 82 Ukrainian soldiers have been safely transferred to Sevastopol by the Russian side. Earlier, the Ukrainian side determined that 82 people had died, and President Zelenskiy announced that he would be awarded the title of "Hero of Ukraine".
On February 26, 2022, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, according to statistics, nearly 120,000 Ukrainians have entered Poland and some neighboring countries from Ukraine. Poland previously announced that its borders with Ukraine were open, allowing people to enter from Ukraine.
On February 26, 2022, the Russian Ministry of Defense released a message saying that the military engineers of the Russian Black Sea Fleet have blown up the concrete dam on the North Crimea Canal through targeted blasting, and have begun to clean up the river and repair the canal water conservancy facilities. Upon completion of this work, the canal will restore freshwater supplies to Crimea, which have been interrupted for eight years. The Russian Federal Aviation Agency released a message on February 27 local time that in response to the unfriendly decisions taken by the aviation departments of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovenia to Russia, the Russian side decided to close the airspace of the above-mentioned national airlines and prohibit the aircraft of these national airlines from flying in Russia, including transiting through Russia.
In February 2022, according to the Russian news agency, meginsky, the head of the Russian negotiating delegation, announced that Ukraine had agreed to hold negotiations in the Gomel Oblast of Belarus, the Russian delegation was going to the place of negotiations, and Russia was willing to negotiate with the Ukrainian side at any time, and every (early) hour meant more saved lives.
Russian presidential spokesman Peskov revealed that Belarusian President Lukashenko had a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Zelens, after which he asked President Putin not to recall the Russian negotiating delegation.
In the early morning of February 28, 2022 local time, Ukrainian President Zelenskiy has called European Commission President von der Leyen on Ukraine's accession to the European Union.
It was reported on the 28th that the Ukrainian delegation participating in the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations had arrived in Belarus on the same day.
On February 28, 2022, Ukrainian President Žilensky announced that he had taken a decision to release prisoners with combat experience from Ukrainian prisons in order to "atone for their crimes."