Ukrainian War

Extracted Attributes

• Name

  Russo-Ukrainian War

• Type

  Ongoing armed conflict

• Scope

  Largest European conflict since World War II

• Casualties

  Hundreds of thousands of deaths

• Displacement

  Significant refugee crisis

• Legal Actions

  International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into war crimes, arrest warrants for Russian officials

• Economic Impact

  Profound impact on global supply chains

• Initial Start Date

  2014-02

• Key Russian Figure

  Vladimir Putin

• Geopolitical Impact

  Profound impact on international relations

• Key Ukrainian Figure

  Volodymyr Zelensky

• Primary Belligerents

  Russia, Ukraine

• International Response

  International condemnation, sanctions against Russia, humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine

• Full-scale Invasion Start Date

  2022-02-24

• Territory Occupied by Russia (as of 2025)

  Approximately 20% of Ukraine

Timeline

• The Russo-Ukrainian War begins with Russia's occupation and annexation of Crimea following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2014-02

• Russian-backed militants seize towns in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region and proclaim the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), starting the Donbas war. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2014-04

• Russia and Ukraine sign the Minsk II agreements, which were never fully implemented. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2015-02

• Ukraine declares the Donbas region to be occupied by Russia. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2018

• A massive Russian military buildup near Ukraine's borders begins. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2021

• Russia recognizes the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) as independent states. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2022-02

• Russian President Vladimir Putin announces a "special military operation" and launches a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2022-02-24

• Russia abandons its attempt to take Kyiv. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2022-04

• Ukrainian forces begin liberating territories in the north-east and south. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2022-08

• Russia declares the annexation of four partially-occupied provinces, which is internationally condemned. Ukrainian forces make strong advances in the Kharkiv region and retake the city of Kherson. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2022-09

• The United States, Canada, and other countries begin providing significant military aid, including weapons and tanks, to Ukraine. (Source: Web Search)

  2022-12-31

• Ukrainian and Ukrainian-backed forces conduct a cross-border offensive into Russia's Kursk region. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2024-08

• The International Criminal Court (ICC) opens an investigation into war crimes and issues arrest warrants for Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  Ongoing

• Many countries impose sanctions against Russia and send humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine. (Source: Summary, Web Search)

  Ongoing

• The conflict continues to have a profound impact on global supply chains and international relations. (Source: Summary, Related Document)

  Ongoing

• Discussions around potential diplomacy with Vladimir Putin continue, with the Trump administration noting a de-escalatory approach. (Source: Related Document)

  Ongoing

Russo-Ukrainian War

The Russo-Ukrainian War began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied and annexed Crimea from Ukraine. It then supported Russian paramilitaries who began a war in the eastern Donbas region against Ukraine's military. In 2018, Ukraine declared the region to be occupied by Russia. These first eight years of conflict also included naval incidents and cyberwarfare. In February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and began occupying more of the country, starting the biggest conflict in Europe since World War II. The war has resulted in a refugee crisis and hundreds of thousands of deaths. In early 2014, the Euromaidan protests led to the Revolution of Dignity and the ousting of Ukraine's pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych. Shortly after, pro-Russian protests began in parts of southeastern Ukraine, while unmarked Russian troops occupied Crimea. Russia soon annexed Crimea after a highly disputed referendum. In April 2014, Russian-backed militants seized towns and cities in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region and proclaimed the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) as independent states, starting the Donbas war. Russia covertly supported the separatists with its own troops, tanks and artillery, preventing Ukraine from fully retaking the territory. The International Criminal Court judged that the war was both a national and international armed conflict involving Russia, and the European Court of Human Rights judged that Russia controlled the DPR and LPR from 2014 onward. In February 2015, Russia and Ukraine signed the Minsk II agreements, but they were never fully implemented in the following years. The Donbas war became a static conflict likened to trench warfare; ceasefires were repeatedly broken but the frontlines did not move. Beginning in 2021, there was a massive Russian military buildup near Ukraine's borders, including within neighbouring Belarus. Russian officials repeatedly denied plans to attack Ukraine. Russia's president Vladimir Putin voiced expansionist views and challenged Ukraine's right to exist. He demanded that Ukraine be barred from ever joining the NATO military alliance. In early 2022, Russia recognized the DPR and LPR as independent states. While Russian troops surrounded Ukraine, its proxies stepped up attacks on Ukrainian forces in the Donbas. On 24 February 2022, Putin announced a "special military operation" to "demilitarize and denazify" Ukraine, claiming Russia had no plans to occupy the country. The Russian invasion that followed was internationally condemned; many countries imposed sanctions against Russia, and sent humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine. In the face of fierce resistance, Russia abandoned an attempt to take Kyiv in early April. In August, Ukrainian forces began liberating territories in the north-east and south. In September, Russia declared the annexation of four partially-occupied provinces, which was internationally condemned. Since then, Russian offensives and Ukrainian counteroffensives have gained only small amounts of territory. The invasion has also led to attacks in Russia by Ukrainian and Ukrainian-backed forces, among them a cross-border offensive into Russia's Kursk region in August 2024. Russia has repeatedly carried out deliberate and indiscriminate attacks on civilians far from the frontline. The International Criminal Court (ICC) opened an investigation into war crimes and issued arrest warrants for Putin and several other Russian officials.

Web Search Results

• Russo-Ukrainian War - Wikipedia

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• War in Ukraine | Global Conflict Tracker - Council on Foreign Relations

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• Russian invasion of Ukraine - Wikipedia

  On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the conflict between the two countries which began in 2014.( The fighting has caused hundreds of thousands of military casualties and tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilian casualties. As of 2025, Russian troops occupy about 20% of Ukraine. From a population of 41 million, about 8 million Ukrainians had been internally displaced and more than 8.2 million [...] the war was a national and international armed conflict involving Russia,( and the European Court of Human Rights judged that Russia controlled the DPR and LPR from 2014 onward.( Ukraine's parliament declared the Donbas region to be occupied by Russia.( [...] Pro-Russian protests followed in the Ukrainian cities of Donetsk and Luhansk. Separatists proclaimed the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR). The War in Donbas began in April 2014 when armed Russian paramilitaries led by Igor 'Strelkov' Girkin seized Sloviansk and other settlements, and the Ukrainian military began an operation against them.( Russia covertly supported the separatists with troops, tanks and artillery.( The International Criminal Court judged that

• Ukraine War | Latest News & Updates - BBC

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• Russia-Ukraine War news & latest pictures from Newsweek.com

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