The RUSSIAN INVASION of UKRAINE One Year On: A Timeline | BayRadio
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Oct 29, 2024
A month by month account of the key moments since Russia launched is full invasion of Ukraine on 24th February 2022. With Kal Sutherland in English and Elena Sviatova in Ukrainian. Місяць у звіті про ключові моменти з моменту запуску Росією повного вторгнення в Україну 24 лютого 2022 року.
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Bay radio's continuing coverage of
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Russia's war on Ukraine and here with
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Elaine sriatova I look at the key
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moments since Russia launched that
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Invasion on the 24th of February last
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year we'll do it in English and
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Ukrainian
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February The Invasion begins Russia
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invades on the 24th of February a day
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etched into the mind of every Ukrainian
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Fierce fighting erupts in Northern
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Ukraine as tens of thousands of Russian
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troops trying to take the Ukrainian
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capital and decapitate the country
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Wagner mercenaries reportedly deployed
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from Africa to assassinate the Ukrainian
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president Define Vladimir zielinski
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films himself walking through the
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streets of Kiev delivering a clear and
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compelling message I am here we will not
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lay down any weapons the move by the
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former comedian turned politician
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instantly becomes a PR Master stroke
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rallying ordinary ukrainians and the
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world behind him the EU throws open its
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doors to hundreds of thousands of
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refugees pouring out of Ukraine with
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neighboring countries like Poland
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Hungary and Romania heavily praised for
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their generosity some criticize the
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double standard shown by the block
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towards ukrainians compared to those
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escaping violence in the Middle East and
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North Africa the United Nations
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overwhelmingly condemns Russia's
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aggression in the west slapped sanctions
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on Moscow lute foreign
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Westfield
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yes which is experiences
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foreign
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shockwaves from the Russian invasion
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reverberate around the world food and
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energy prices climb as attention turns
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to The Wider impact of the war there are
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appointed concerns about the cost of
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living in the west while food security
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becomes a worry across huge swathes of
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the developing World Russian forces
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encounter stubborn resistance around
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Kiev and their Advance starts to
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splutter and stall snaking convoys of
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tanks and military vehicles clog up
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roads as military logistics and
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Communications break down some senior
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Russian commanders are killed tried to
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check on what is happening at the front
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grisly evidence of war crimes emerge as
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Russian forces pull back from areas
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around Kiev hundreds of bodies of
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civilians are found in Mass graves in
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butcher many were bound and shot at
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close range While others show signs of
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torture and rape but Russia's push to
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capture the Ukrainian Capital has failed
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for now Russia begins cracking down on
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Independent Media and festering
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opposition to the war inside the country
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with several local stations shut down
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and access to foreign media restricted
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foreign foreign
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April a new phase of War a Russian
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missile strike hits a train station in
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kramatosk on the 8th of April killing at
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least 50 civilians including women and
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children and wounding more than a
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hundred most of them were trying to
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evacuate to safety Ukrainian officials
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say this catastrophe kicks off moscow's
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pivot towards the east as it launches a
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new offensive to seize the Donetsk and
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luhansk regions a suspected Ukrainian
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missile style sinks the flagship of
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Russia's Black Sea Fleet the mosqueva
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it's a major blow to moscow's Naval
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Supremacy and Military prestige parents
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are starting to ask questions about the
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fate of their missing Sons as
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authorities remain tight-lipped about
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casualties among the ship's 500 strong
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crew nearly two-thirds of Ukraine's
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children are now displaced by War the UN
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says
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foreign
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May NATO grows
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Sweden and Finland unveiled their bids
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to join NATO although there is political
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opposition from turkey and Hungary which
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will continue all year the pair were
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closely aligned with NATO for decades
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but not formerly part of the
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organization
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has
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cited NATO expansion as one of the main
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reasons for invading Ukraine but it
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appears the invasion has had the
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opposite effect of strengthening the
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Western military Alliance
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Russia holds its yearly Victory Day
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Parade on the 9th of May to Mark the
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ussr's defeat of Nazism in the second
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world war in a rare glimpse of light in
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use Ukraine wins the Eurovision song
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contest though Italian police reveal the
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event was targeted by Russian hackers
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fighters in the as of style steel mill
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the last pocket of Ukrainian resistance
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in mariopal finally hoist up the White
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Flag Holding Out for several apocalyptic
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weeks in the sprawling Soviet industrial
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complex their dogged struggle was
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watched closely by the world
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is
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foreign
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foreign
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foreign
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100 days of War have now passed tens of
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thousands lay dead Millions more are
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uprooted from their homes and Ukraine's
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historical and cultural sites are
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devastated by fighting Nike leaves
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Russia becoming the latest in a string
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of Western Branch to exit the country
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over the war experts say these
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high-profile departures along with
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International sanctions are crippling
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the Russian economy however there are
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still debates about Russia's economic
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resilience and where the sanctions are
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the right approach with some claiming
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they unduly affect ordinary Russians and
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play into the government's anti-western
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rhetoric but Russia is not the only one
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struggling a global food crisis is
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looming with millions of tons of
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Ukrainian grain languishing in silos
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since the start of the war
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up to 181 million people in 41 countries
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could face acute food insecurity and
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outright famine un projection show
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Ukrainian forces capture Snake Island a
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tiny islet off the coast of Southern
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Ukraine in the Black Sea
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economic
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foreign
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July Russian advances in the east
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the last City in the Eastern New
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Hampshire region falls to the grinding
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Russian invasion Ukraine's embattled
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forces focus on defending Donetsk the
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second part of the prized donbass the
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donbass a heavily industrialized region
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in eastern Ukraine has become the site
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of the biggest battle in Europe in
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Generations inflation reaches record
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highs in the Eurozone with the Euro and
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the dollar reaching parity one Euro
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equaling one dollar
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Russia begins to periodically shut down
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the nordstream gas pipelines in a bid to
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ratchet up pressure on Europe European
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leaders are spooked teetering on the
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edge of an energy precipice ahead of
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winter Ukraine and Russia agree to a
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landmark deal allowing Ukrainian grain
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to be exported across the Black Sea it's
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a major breakthrough aimed at easing the
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global food crisis one that brings a
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moment of reprieve to Millions
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hymar's missiles from the U.S begin
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hitting Russian ammo Depots Logistics
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and command and control systems
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hit
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us is
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today
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foreign
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August gas exports to Europe stop
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Amnesty International publishes a report
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that accuses Ukraine of riding roughshod
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over civilian life by placing its
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military in residential areas give acts
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with outrage While others maintain its
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armed forces and not above scrutiny even
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if the country is under attack
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powerful explosions Rock and Air Base in
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the russian-occupied Crimea Peninsula no
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side says what they think is behind the
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string of blasts which destroy several
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Russian planes and damage more than 80
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buildings but Ukrainian defense minister
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Alexi reznikov suggests that Russia's
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military guys had failed to observe a
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very simple rule don't smoke in
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dangerous places Ukraine and Russia have
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been flirting with catastrophe at the
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zaparesia nuclear power plant in
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southern Ukraine for months but now U.N
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Chief Antonio Gutierrez says the pair
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should stop their suicidal attacks on
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the nuclear plant saying both sides
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should end fighting there
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a suspected car bomb goes off in Moscow
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killing TV commentator Daria degina
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although observers think her father
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Alexandra Dugan dubbed Putin's brain may
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have been the intended target
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all gas exports to Europe are halted on
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the 31st of August with Russia's
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state-owned energy Giant Gas prom citing
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maintenance work on the nordstream 1
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pipeline prices surge immediately
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serpent foreign
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foreign
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foreign
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launches a rapid counter-offensive in
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the northeastern khakif region sending
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Russian units into Retreat zielinski
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raises the Ukrainian flag in the wars
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guard city of izum on the 10th of
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September occupied by Russia for six
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months it's a big strategic win for Kiev
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Putin announces a partial mobilization
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of 300 000 troops to fight in Ukraine
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triggering a mass flight of Russians
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escaping conscription into neighboring
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Georgia and Kazakhstan almost 1 200
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protesters arrested in cities across
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Russia after the call-up as the
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authorities vice-like grip on anti-war
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dissidents Titans many of these
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demonstrations are in areas populated by
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Russia's ethnic minorities who claim
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they're disproportionately targeted by
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the draft the US claims hundreds of
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thousands of Ukrainian citizens are
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being forcibly deported to Russia in a
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series of Horrors
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Russia officially annexes Donetsk herzon
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luhansk and zapparisha on the 30th of
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September in a move branded illegal
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under international law Putin says the
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annexed regions will be part of Russia
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forever
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is
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foreign
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foreign
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a large explosion tears through a bridge
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linking Russia and Crimea which serves
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as a major Supply route for moscow's
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forces fighting in Ukraine it happens
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one day after Putin's birthday
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Kiev does not take responsibility for
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the blast although Russia point to
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Ukrainian Terror Russia's prestige in
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the region is dealt a stinging blow
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Russia begins bombing Ukraine's energy
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infrastructure knocking out power and
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heating ahead of winter military
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analysts say this is a strategy of
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escalation intended to break the
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national morale
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the war in Ukraine and writing inflation
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plunge an additional 4 million children
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into poverty according to an October
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report by UNICEF a large proportion of
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them 2.8 million are Russian
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version
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photos
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liberated
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Ukrainian troops pour into her son on
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the 11th of November the southern Port
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City Once home to 250 000 people was one
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of the first to fall to Russian forces
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during the early days of the war there
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are jubilant scenes across Ukraine
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though officials warn of an unfolding
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humanitarian disaster in the bombed out
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ruins
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Poland is put on high alert after a
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blast near the Ukrainian border kills
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too it turns out the deadly explosion
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was caused by a Ukrainian air defense
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missile
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inflation in Europe eases but it's still
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in painful double digits hitting 10
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percent in November Russia is hoping
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surging consumer prices and New Waves of
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Ukrainian refugees will erode European
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leaders resolve
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NATO promises to admit Ukraine into the
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Western Alliance although there are
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considerable doubts over when cube will
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be allowed to join
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us on
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foreign
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foreign
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leadership
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December Grim warnings for spring
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zielinski heads to the U.S his first
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state visit outside the country since
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the start of the war saying that Ukraine
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will never be alone U.S President Joe
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Biden promises to send Patriot air
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defense systems to help Ukraine Stave
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off Russian attacks on its energy
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infrastructure the U.S had been
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reluctant to supply this long-range
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weapons Ukraine over fears of inflaming
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tensions with Russia Moscow warns
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Washington oversending more weapons to
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Kiev
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Ukrainian authorities raise fears that
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Russia may try to take Kiev again in the
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new year after its abortive offensive at
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the start of the war on Christmas Day
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Putin claims Russia is ready to
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negotiate with Ukraine a demand ruled
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out by leaders in Ukraine the Russian
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president publicly uses the word War to
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refer to his country's Invasion for the
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first time
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January 2023 tanks tanks tanks amid
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mounting political pressure Germany
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finally agrees to supply Ukraine with
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leopard two battle tanks Paving the way
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for the U.S and other NATO allies to
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follow suit some hailed the move as a
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significant boost to Keith's war effort
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which would enable fresh offensives
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though others questioned if the number
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of Tanks was enough and whether Ukraine
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would be able to use them effectively on
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the battlefield Russia slammed it as a
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blatant provocation
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almost as soon as the tank deliveries
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got the green light Keith began asking
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for fighter jets something Chancellor
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Schultz of Germany flatly ruled out
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after months of gritty fighting Ukraine
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admits withdrawing from the Eastern town
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of solidar reversing Russia's military
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fortunes Moscow has betrayed the
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fighters key to seizing the Strategic
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town of bakmut and the prized donbass
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region but the importance of the salt
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mining town is debated
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Russia and Belarus begin joint drills
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sparking fears that Moscow could use its
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Ally to launch a fresh ground offensive
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in the spring
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with this
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is
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foreign
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spirituality
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