The military conflict that broke out in Russia and Ukraine in 2022
The 2022 Russian-Ukrainian conflict generally refers to the military conflict that broke out between Russia and Ukraine in 2022. The main background of the outbreak of conflict is the ethnic issue and the Crimean issue.
The Russian-Ukrainian conflict in 2022
The Russian-Ukrainian conflict in 2022
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 21, the Russian military said it had killed five members of the Ukrainian sabotage group who had crossed the border illegally. The Ukrainian military denied this. On the same day, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order that night recognizing the two "republics" of the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine as "independent states".
The Russian-Ukrainian conflict in 2022
On February 24, 2022, Russia Today reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin once again delivered a national speech, announcing that in order to achieve the demilitarization of Ukraine, a "special military operation" was launched in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine, and a full-scale war broke out. On February 25, war broke out across the Russian-Ukrainian border, and Russian forces in the Russian-controlled Crimea and Black Sea areas were advancing northward. Russian forces have gained control of the Chernobyl region. On February 27, the Ukrainian side agreed to negotiate with Russia in the Pripyat River area on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border. On March 1, Ukrainian President Zelenskiy said that all major cities in Ukraine had been locked down, according to the Russian news agency.
