Russia accuses NATO and the United States of "provoking a new level of tension" after some allies agreed to let Ukraine's military use Western-supplied weapons to strike targets inside Russia. 2024-06-2
At least three people are killed and 16 others are injured when Russian missiles hit civilian infrastructure in Kharkiv. 2024-05-31
The Russian government states in a press conference that the invasion of Ukraine is now a "war" and is no longer a "special military operation", the official term used for the war by the Russian government. In another press conference later in the day, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov tells reporters that although the invasion is a "de facto" war, the Russian government is not currently planning to change the invasion's "de jure" status as a "special military operation". 2024-03-22
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs a decree recognizing some Russian territories, including parts of Bryansk Oblast and Krasnodar Krai, as historically inhabited by Ukrainians. 2024-01-22
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledges a second Patriot air defense system to Ukraine. 2023-10-5
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu inspects the Northern Fleet and visits a Rosatom nuclear weapons test site in Novaya Zemlya. 2023-08-12
At least three people are killed and 13 others are injured in a rocket attack on a residential area in Odesa, Ukraine. 2023-06-14