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The Pentagon announces that Ukraine has received fighter aircraft and aircraft parts to bolster the Ukrainian Air Force. However, the number of aircraft sent or their origin are not disclosed.
2022-04-20

Senior British officials say that Russian President Vladimir Putin has now decided to invade Ukraine following "changes in the last 24 hours".
2022-02-17

Pope Francis blesses two large bells headed to Ukraine and Ecuador. The bells are part of an initiative by the Polish Yes to Life foundation. They each weigh more than 2,000 pounds, are nearly four feet in diameter, and were cast by the Felczyński bell foundry in Przemyśl, Poland.
2021-10-27

Belarus closes its border with Ukraine after President Alexander Lukashenko claims that arms are being smuggled into the country in an attempt by "outside powers" to overthrow his regime, saying that "They have crossed the line. We cannot forgive them". Ukraine denies Lukashenko's claims, and says that closing the border would make its people "suffer".
2021-07-2

A village near the mostly abandoned town of Poliske is evacuated, as forest fires continue to spread inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine.
2020-04-11

Ukraine sues Russia at the International Court of Justice, accusing the latter of being engaged in acts of "terrorism" and "discrimination" in eastern Ukraine and Crimea.
2017-01-16

Ukraine expels Valery Shibeko, Russia's top envoy to Odessa, after declaring the consulate general ""persona non grata"" for conducting unnamed activities "incompatible" with his diplomatic work. [http:--www.afp.com-en-news-ukraine-outrages-moscow-deporting-top-russian-envoy (AFP)]date=August 2019
2015-07-17

Pro-Russian activists attack the police headquarters in Odessa, forcing the release of several people held over deadly violence two days before.
2014-05-4

Japan announces it will fall in line with American sanctions against Russia for its role in promoting the secession of Crimea from Ukraine.
2014-03-18