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NATO Chair Rob Bauer backs the use of long-range weapons by Ukrainian forces to strike targets inside Russia.
2024-09-14

Russia launches missile strikes from the Black Sea on "military infrastructure" in Yavoriv Raion, Lviv Oblast, located near Ukraine's western border with Poland. The target was "completely destroyed", according to the region's governor Maksym Kozytskyy.
2022-05-15

In a report from the "Financial Times", a peace plan is drafted by Ukraine and Russia. The conditions include a ceasefire and Russian withdrawal if Ukraine abandons all attempts of joining NATO and accepts limits on its armed forces.
2022-03-16

Russia and Belarus begin a 10-day military exercise known as "Allied Resolve-2022" amid ongoing tensions with Ukraine. The United States and NATO denounce the exercise, with NATO calling it the biggest deployment of Russian troops since the Cold War.
2022-02-10

France announces that it will deploy "several hundred" troops to Romania in order to support NATO's eastern flank amid tensions with Russia.
2022-01-29

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announce that Belarus and Russia will hold war games early next year.
2021-12-29

The U.S. State Department approves the sale of 341 FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank guided missiles and 30 command launch units to NATO ally Lithuania amid rising tensions with Russia.
2021-12-21

Ukraine and NATO forces launch joint naval drills in the Black Sea codenamed "Sea Breeze 2021". Russia has condemned the drills, with the Russian Defence Ministry saying that they would closely monitor the drills.
2021-06-28

Russia warns the United Kingdom that it will bomb British vessels if any further provocative action is taken by the British Royal Navy in the Black Sea. Russia had previously summoned the British ambassador to Russia over this week's incident. The UK says that the vessel was in Ukrainian waters, that it was entirely right to use the route, and that the Royal Navy will always uphold international law and will not accept unlawful interference with innocent passage.
2021-06-24

NATO and Russia conduct first-ever joint military exercises, codenamed 'Vigilant Skies 2011', to improve cooperation to protect passenger flights between NATO member states and Russia and to prevent hijackings such as the September 11 attacks. [http:--www.google.com-hostednews-afp-article-ALeqM5hQF7VtCdR9EUjyWhPLTni1OqWQlg?docId=CNG.a18ed43041c849816c2cfb3ba8d306c9.621 (AFP)] [https:--www.reuters.com-article-2011-06-07-us-russia-nato-exercise-idUSTRE7564T720110607 (Reuters)] [https:--www.npr.org-templates-story-story.php?storyId=137027665 (NPR)]date=August 2019
2011-06-7