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Russian invasion of Ukraine
Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, marking a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014 following the Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity.
The invasion triggered Europe’s largest refugee crisis since WW2, with millions leaving the country and millions more displaced.
Russia invades Ukraine 2022
In 2014, at the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russia annexed Crimea and Russian-backed separatists seized part of the south-eastern Donbas region of Ukraine, sparking a regional war there.
In 2022, Russia began a large military build-up along its Ukrainian border – over 190,000 armed troops. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin had continued to deny Russia was planning an invasion until shortly before the invasion.
In a broadcast shortly before the invasion, Putin espoused irredentist views, questioned Ukraine’s right to statehood and falsely claimed the country was being governed by neo-Nazis. Putin also claimed NATO constitutes a threat to Russia’s national security by expanding eastward since the early 2000s, which NATO disputed. Russia demanded NATO cease expansion and bar Ukraine from ever joining. The UK, USA and allies all accused Russia of planning to attack or invade Ukraine, Russian officials and state media continued to deny it up until 23 February 2022.
The invasion began on 24 February – Putin announced it was a “special military operation” to “demilitarise and denazify” Ukraine. Russia then started missiles and airstrikes across Ukraine as well as a large ground invasion from multiple directions.
The invasion has been widely condemned by the international community.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine hasn’t gone entirely to plan as the Russians underestimated the Ukrainian people’s will to fight for their country.
Daily Express says A PRO-PUTIN TV presenter has had his luxury Lake Como house set on fire.
The Metro says Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of committing the ‘most terrible war crimes’ since World War Two including cutting out the tongues of civilians.
The Independent says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to make an historic address to the Irish Parliament later.
The Guardian says the United States and its allies are preparing to impose new sanctions on Moscow over civilian killings in Ukraine as the west makes a fresh attempt to cripple Vladimir Putin’s economy and war effort.
France24 says the United States and its allies on Wednesday prepared new sanctions on Moscow over civilian killings in northern Ukraine.
Bucha, a Ukrainian town, near Kyiv has been thrust into the limelight following claims that hundreds of civilians were murdered by retreating Russian soldiers.
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The Metro says It’s not possible to know what pain this woman went through before she died.
The Metro says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to give a speech to MPs in the Commons on Tuesday, as the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues.
The Independent says People from Bucha have told of the “happy life, different plans and dreams for the future” they have lost as a result of the consistent attacks on the city.
The Guardian says the west must not lift sanctions against Russia until all its troops have left Ukraine and Vladimir Putin is unable to mount such an offensive again, the foreign secretary, Liz Truss, has said.
France24 says Moscow faced global revulsion and accusations of war crimes Monday after the Russian pullout from the outskirts of Kyiv revealed streets strewn with corpses.
Daily Mirror says horrifying details are emerging of mass killings and civilians being slaughtered in the streets of Ukraine in previously Russian-occupied areas.
The Sun says A VILLAGE mayor in Ukraine was kidnapped, executed and dumped in a forest pit along with her husband and son, reports claim.
The Metro says this is the heart-breaking moment a Ukrainian woman mourns her husband at the garden of their home in Bucha.
The Metro says Ukraine’s President has accused Russia of genocide after pictures of hundreds of bodies – some with their hands tied behind their backs – were found in the streets of Bucha.
The Independent says the PM will this week seek to galvanise a tough response from allies to the crisis in Ukraine as Russia is accused of massacring civilians, with scenes akin to a “horror movie”.
The Independent says an Irishman living with terminal cancer has made his way from Co Cork to the Ukrainian border with a truck-load of aid.
Euronews says the extent of the devastation in the suburbs of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv was revealed as Russian forces retreat in the north of Ukraine.
The Guardian says France‘s military intelligence chief is leaving his post after Paris failed to accurately predict – in contrast with western allies – that Russia would launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The Guardian says Britain’s defence secretary has said western nations have agreed to send armoured vehicles and long-range artillery to Ukraine.
The Metro says Vladimir Putin has threatened to cut gas supply to ‘unfriendly countries’ from tomorrow.
